By the time Friday night blurred into Saturday morning, the numbers from Roosevelt’s victory against Lee showed the evening was more than just an extraordinary way to end a season.

Roosevelt’s regular-season finale wasn’t just an 83-65 win. It broke a state record that wasn’t even a week old.

The Rough Riders compiled 906 yards of total offense. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), Roosevelt’s mark is a state record. The mark is the fifth-highest ever recorded in the nation.

“It’s crazy,” Roosevelt coach Matt Carroll said. “It’s unbelievable right now, just the thought of it. You don’t go into a game shooting for a record like that. I didn’t even know what that record was.”

One week before, Houston Jersey Village set the state record with 886 total yards in a 74-73 win against Cypress Woods. It was the school’s second and final win of the season. Corona (Calif.) Centennial set the national record in 2013 with 946 yards of offense.

The amount of total yards wasn’t the only impressive number Roosevelt (4-6, 2-4 district) posted Friday night. Junior quarterback Bryson Carroll was 12-of-14 passing for 218 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. The coach’s son also carried the ball 27 times for 351 yards and eight touchdowns.

On the way home, the coach said his son kept talking about junior running back Joshua Morgan’s performance. Morgan tallied 22 carries, 323 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Matt Carroll said even though the playoffs were out of the question, the program was looking for a strong finish to the season. Lee (6-4, 4-6) needed to win Friday to reach the postseason for the first time in 22 years.

Roosevelt’s main goal was gaining four yards at a time and keeping Lee’s explosive offense off the field.

“As crazy as the score was, they were in the game up until the very end,” Carroll said. “We didn’t have time to think about anything like that. It was just fighting to stay alive.”

After a late phone call that suggested Roosevelt might have set records, the team’s offensive coordinator watched the game film to tabulate the numbers.

Originally, Roosevelt’s coaching staff thought the Rough Riders amassed around 900 rushing yards. Turns out it was 688 rushing yards and 218 passing yards.

Before the game, Carroll told his team it didn’t have the type of offense to match points with Lee.

“After the game, I said, ‘Guys, I lied,’ ” Carroll said. “Eighty-three points later, I guess we do.”

bbaby@express-news.net

Twitter: @Ben_Baby