John Stephen Jones with an incredible game in the state final. His father, Cowboys VP Stephen Jones, getting emotional in the stands pic.twitter.com/ncMCXoDMRI
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 23, 2017
Dallas Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones attended his son John Stephen Jones' UIL Class 5A Division I state championship game between Dallas Highland Park and Houston Manvel at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Jones' Highland Park team won 53-49 to claim back-to-back state championships, according to Gil Brandt of NFL.com.
Jones threw for 552 yards and four touchdowns without an interception on 55 pass attempts, completing 35. It was a record amount of passing yards an a state title game of any classification, according to Michael Florek of Sports Day HS.
It was Jones' 16-yard touchdown to Cade Saustad with 34 seconds remaining that sealed the victory for Highland Park.
