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UMS-Wright Bulldogs

Head Coach: Terry Curtis (eighteenth season)
Stadium: Erwin S. Cooper Stadium
Career Record: 27 seasons, (267-80)
At UMS-Wright: 17 seasons, (190-44)
2014 Enrollment:  373
Rank:  160th in the AHSAA, 9th in Class 4A

 History 
Overall Record:   592-416-26   (59.0%)
Last 25 years:   243-85   (74.0%)  (Rank: 13th in the AHSAA, 3rd in Class 4A)
Since 2010:   63-18  (78.0%)  (Rank: 23rd in the AHSAA, 2nd in Class 4A)
Last Region Championship:   2015

 2015 
Class:  4A              Region:   1
Record:  12-1
Region Record:   6-0, (first)
Playoff Record:   Quarter-finals loss to Leeds by a score of 33-0.
Final ASWA Poll:   1st
Scoring:  501 (38.5)
Defense:  159 (12.2)


 2016 
Class: 4A              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 55-55 (50%) (198th in the AHSAA, 35th in Class 4A)
Region Strength:  34-31 (52%)
Non-Region Strength:  21-24 (47%)



 2015 Results 
 8/21   OPEN 
 8/28  @ Andalusia  (4A)   35-14   W  
 9/4  @ Faith Academy  (5A)   56-23   W  
 9/11  @ Clarke County  (4A)  *  28-6   W  
 9/18  vs. W.S. Neal  (4A)  *  45-21   W  
 9/25  vs. Bayside Academy  (3A)   34-0   W  
 10/2  vs. Thomasville  (4A)  *  48-0   W  
 10/9  vs. Southside Selma  (4A)  *  56-0   W  
 10/16  @ Monroe County  (4A)  *  52-14   W  
 10/23  vs. Satsuma  (4A)  *  51-14   W  
 10/30  vs. St. Pauls  (5A)   27-12   W  
 Playoffs 
 11/6  vs. Handley    20-8   W  
 11/13  vs. Trinity    49-14   W  
 11/20  vs. Leeds    0-33   L  

 2016 Schedule 
 8/19  vs. Mary Montgomery  (7A)       
 8/26  @ Charles Henderson  (5A)       
 9/2  @ Escambia County  (4A)  *      
 9/9  vs. Andalusia  (4A)  *      
 9/16  @ Satsuma  (4A)  *      
 9/23   OPEN 
 9/30  vs. Faith Academy  (5A)       
 10/7  vs. W.S. Neal  (4A)  *      
 10/14  @ Thomasville  (4A)  *      
 10/21  vs. Monroe County  (4A)  *      
 10/28  @ St. Pauls  (5A)       
 11/4  @ Dale County        
 11/11  vs. Handley        


Class  4A Region  1
Team 2015 Record Scoring                            
Andalusia 11-2439-219
Escambia County 1-9102-326
Monroe County 4-6191-344
Satsuma 4-6247-259
Thomasville 6-5287-280
UMS-Wright 12-1501-159
W.S. Neal 8-3329-208

 2016 Preview 


       Last year UMS-Wright captured the region 1 title and a number one seed in the Class 4A playoffs. They finished region play with a 6-0 record. UMS-Wright lost in the quarter-finals of the playoffs last season to a strong Leeds team by a score of 33-0.

       Over the past two seasons the Bulldogs have gone 24-3 and will be looking to continue that winning tradition. Averaging over ten wins a season since 2010, UMS-Wright has gone a combined 63-18. Their 78.0% winning percentage ranks 2nd in Class 4A over the past six seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, UMS-Wright has gone a combined 243-85. Their 74.0% winning percentage ranks 3rd in Class 4A and 13th in the AHSAA.

       The Bulldogs are led by head coach Terry Curtis who is entering his seventeenth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 190-44 over the past seventeen seasons at UMS-Wright. Under his direction the Bulldogs have qualified for the playoffs a total of seventeen times. They have won thirteen region crowns with Coach Curtis.

       Coach Curtis's overall record as a head football coach in twenty-seven seasons stands at 267-80 (76.9%). His 267 wins rank 3rd among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach Curtis's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of twenty-four times and won sixteen region championships.

       The Bulldogs enter the 2016 season having won 28 straight region games.

      The UMS-Wright Bulldogs will play in Class 4A region 1 during the 2016 season.

       The Bulldogs enter the season with expectations of not only a region title but reaching the state championship game. They are considered one the favorites in region 1 and should be a team in the thick of the hunt to represent the South in the Class 4A Super Seven come December.

       The Bulldogs open the 2016 season at home against non-region opponent Mary Montgomery on Friday, August 19 at Erwin S. Cooper Stadium. Last year the Mary Montgomery Vikings finished with an overall record of 3-7 and in eighth place in Class 7A region 1. The closed out the regular season with a loss to Vigor by a score of 21-15.

       UMS-Wright and Mary Montgomery have met a total of 11 times on the football field. The Bulldogs have a 6-5-0 record against the Vikings. They last met in 2016 with Mary Montgomery winning by a score of 7-6.

       UMS-Wright returns 4A All-State Senior athlete Michael Matthews. He was named to the first team last season.

  








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