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Dadeville Tigers

Head Coach: Richard White (seventeenth season)
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Career Record: 16 seasons, (123-64)
At Dadeville: 16 seasons, (123-64)
2014 Enrollment:  297
Rank:  209th in the AHSAA, 58th in Class 4A

 History 
Overall Record:   518-430-25   (55.0%)
Last 25 years:   184-110   (63.0%)  (Rank: 68th in the AHSAA, 9th in Class 4A)
Since 2010:   58-17  (77.0%)  (Rank: 27th in the AHSAA, 4th in Class 4A)
Last Region Championship:   2013

 2015 
Class:  4A              Region:   3
Record:  6-6
Region Record:   4-2, (third)
Playoff Record:   Second round loss to Andalusia by a score of 44-26.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  423 (35.3)
Defense:  402 (33.5)

D1 Players lost to Graduation
      Shawn Jennings,  ,  ,  DB  [Alabama]

 2016 
Class: 4A              Region:   3
Strength of Schedule: 59-54 (52%) (142nd in the AHSAA, 29th in Class 4A)
Region Strength:  44-37 (54%)
Non-Region Strength:  15-17 (47%)




 2015 Results 
 8/21   OPEN 
 8/27  @ Reeltown  (2A)   40-13   W  
 9/4  vs. Beauregard  (5A)   33-68   L  
 9/11  vs. Childersburg  (4A)  *  60-13   W  
 9/18  @ Holtville  (4A)  *  54-14   W  
 9/25  @ Tallassee  (5A)   22-28   L  
 10/2  vs. Munford  (4A)  *  12-26   L  
 10/9  @ Leeds  (4A)  *  0-59   L  
 10/16  vs. Elmore County  (4A)  *  50-27   W  
 10/23  @ Handley  (4A)  *  46-29   W  
 10/29  vs. Eufaula  (5A)   26-28   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/5  @ Thomasville    54-53   W  
 11/13  vs. Andalusia    26-44   L  


 2016 Schedule 
 8/19  @ LaFayette  (2A)       
 8/25  vs. Reeltown  (2A)       
 9/2  vs. Munford  (4A)  *      
 9/9  vs. Leeds  (4A)  *      
 9/16  @ Holtville  (4A)  *      
 9/23  @ Valley  (5A)       
 9/30  vs. Tallassee  (4A)  *      
 10/7  @ Elmore County  (4A)  *      
 10/14  vs. Handley  (4A)  *      
 10/20  @ Childersburg  (4A)  *      
 10/28   OPEN 



Class  4A Region  3
Team 2015 Record Scoring                            
Childersburg 2-8212-380
Dadeville 6-6423-402
Elmore County 6-4296-310
Handley 8-3343-222
Holtville 0-10159-480
Leeds 13-2677-128
Munford 10-4482-353
Tallassee 5-6306-280


 2016 Preview 


       With their 4-2 region record and a third place finish in Class 4A region 3, the Tigers earned a spot in the playoffs in 2015. Dadeville reached the second round of the playoffs before falling to Andalusia by a score of 44-26.

       Averaging over ten wins a season since 2010, Dadeville has gone a combined 58-17. Their 77.0% winning percentage ranks 4th in Class 4A over the past six seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Dadeville has managed to compile a record of 184-110. Their 63.0% winning percentage ranks 9th in Class 4A and 68th in the AHSAA.

       The Tigers are led by head coach Richard White who is entering his sixteenth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 123-64 over the past sixteen seasons at Dadeville. Under his direction the Tigers have qualified for the playoffs a total of fourteen times. They have won four region crowns with Coach White.

       Coach White's overall record as a head football coach in sixteen seasons stands at 123-64 (65.8%). His 123 wins rank 39th among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach White's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of fourteen times and won four region championships.

      

      The Dadeville Tigers will play in Class 4A region 3 during the 2016 season.

      

       The Tigers open the 2016 season on the road against non-region opponent LaFayette on Friday, August 19 at Bulldog Stadium. Last year the LaFayette Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 6-5 and in third place in Class 2A region 5. The Bulldogs lost in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs to Fyffe by a score of 50-15.

       Dadeville and LaFayette have met a total of 52 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 32-18-2 record against the Bulldogs. They last met in 2020 with Dadeville winning by a score of 18-7.

  








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