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B.B. Comer Tigers

Head Coach: Mike Battles Sr. (third season)
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Career Record: 32 seasons, (214-135 -1)
At B.B. Comer: 2 seasons, (5-15)
2017 Enrollment:  230
Rank:  265th in the AHSAA, 54th in Class 3A

 History 
Overall Record:   398-481-25   (45.0%)
Last 25 years:   101-171   (37.0%)  (Rank: 302nd in the AHSAA, 48th in Class 3A)
Since 2010:   20-52  (28.0%)  (Rank: 326th in the AHSAA, 49th in Class 3A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2013
Last Region Championship:   1995
Last Winning Season:   2001
Last Losing Season:   2016

 2016 
Class:  3A              Region:   3
Record:  1-9
Region Record:   0-6, (seventh)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  142 (14.2)
Defense:  385 (38.5)


 2017 
Class: 3A              Region:   3
Strength of Schedule: 60-50 (54%) (95th in the AHSAA, 17th in Class 3A)
Region Strength:  34-31 (52%)
Non-Region Strength:  26-19 (58%)



 2016 Results 
 8/19   OPEN 
 8/26  vs. Weaver  (3A)   8-49   L  
 9/2  @ Pike County  (3A)  *  0-27   L  
 9/9  vs. Montevallo  (3A)   22-45   L  
 9/16  @ Montgomery Academy  (3A)  *  14-68   L  
 9/23  vs. Talladega County Central  (1A)   8-30   L  
 9/30  @ Southside Selma  (3A)  *  20-40   L  
 10/7  vs. Central Coosa  (3A)  *  14-39   L  
 10/14  @ Prattville Christian  (3A)  *  14-33   L  
 10/21  vs. Beulah  (3A)  *  20-34   L  
 10/28  @ Fayetteville  (2A)   22-20   W  

 2017 Schedule 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  @ Weaver  (3A)       
 9/8  vs. Pike County  (3A)  *      
 9/15  @ Montevallo  (3A)       
 9/22  vs. Montgomery Academy  (3A)  *      
 9/29  @ Talladega County Central  (1A)       
 10/6  vs. Southside Selma  (3A)  *      
 10/13  @ Central Coosa  (3A)  *      
 10/20  vs. Prattville Christian  (3A)  *      
 10/27  @ Beulah  (3A)  *      
 11/3  vs. Fayetteville  (2A)       


Class  3A Region  3
Team 2016 Record Scoring                            
B.B. Comer (3A) 1-9142-385
Beulah (3A) 1-9228-421
Central Coosa (3A) 5-5364-357
Montgomery Academy (3A) 7-4294-176
Pike County (3A) 9-3385-187
Prattville Christian (3A) 5-6294-309
Southside Selma (3A) 7-4312-265

 2017 Preview 


       B.B. Comer finished the 2016 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year B.B. Comer finished seventh in Class 3A region three with a 0-6 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Tigers last playoff victory came during the 2000 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win.

       B.B. Comer was inconsistent offensively last year and they need some improvement if the Tigers want to be competitive. They only averaged 14.2 points a game.

       B.B. Comer struggled on the defensive side of the football last year. The defense found little success in stopping opposing offenses as they gave up an average of 38.5 points a game.

       Since 2010, the B.B. Comer football program has struggled with a record of 20-52.

       Over the past 25 seasons, B.B. Comer has managed to compile a record of 101-171. Their 37.0% winning percentage ranks 48th in Class 3A and 302nd in the AHSAA. Their last winning season was 2001.

       The Tigers are led by head coach Mike Battles Sr. who is entering his third season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 5-15 over the past two seasons at B.B. Comer. The Tigers have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Battles Sr..

       Coach Battles Sr.'s overall record as a head football coach in thirty-two season stands at 214-135 -1 (61.3%). His 214 wins rank nd among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach Battles Sr.'s teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of seventeen times and won six region championships. Coach Battles Sr. won a state championship at in 2011.

       The B.B. Comer Tigers will play in Class 3A region three during the 2017 season.

       This season, the Tigers will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region three.

       The Tigers open the 2017 season on the road against non-region opponent Weaver on Friday, September 1 at Bill Bryan Stadium. Last year the Weaver Bearcats finished with an overall record of 9-4 and in fourth place in Class 3A region five. The Bearcats lost in the quarter-finals round of the Class 3A playoffs to Piedmont by a score of 52-28.

       B.B. Comer and Weaver have met a total of 10 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 3-7-0 record against the Bearcats. They last met in 2016 with Weaver winning by a score of 49-8.

  


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