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Grissom Tigers

Head Coach: Chip English (second season)
Stadium: Milton Frank Stadium
Career Record: 1 season, (3-7)
At Grissom: one season, (3-7)
2018 Enrollment:  1,367
Rank:  15th in the AHSAA, 15th in Class 7A

 History 
Overall Record:   211-291   (42.0%)
Last 25 years:   83-165   (34.0%)  (Rank: 318th in the AHSAA, 30th in Class 7A)
Since 2010:   9-71  (11.0%)  (Rank: 379th in the AHSAA, 32nd in Class 7A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2004
Last Region Championship:   1995
Last Winning Season:   2005
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  7A              Region:   4
Record:  3-7
Region Record:   1-6, (eighth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  127 (12.7)
Defense:  243 (24.3)


 2018 
Class: 7A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 56-53 (51%) (158th in the AHSAA, 22nd in Class 7A)
Region Strength:  42-35 (54%)
Non-Region Strength:  14-18 (44%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25  vs. Arab  (5A)   35-12   W  
 9/1  vs. Lee Huntsville  (5A)   23-24   L (OT) 
 9/8  @ Huntsville  (7A)  *  21-9   W  
 9/15  vs. Hewitt-Trussville  (7A)  *  7-49   L  
 9/22  @ Gadsden City  (7A)  *  0-19   L  
 9/29   OPEN 
 10/6  vs. James Clemens  (7A)  *  0-42   L  
 10/12  vs. Buckhorn  (7A)  *  8-13   L  
 10/20  @ Bob Jones  (7A)  *  0-21   L  
 10/27  vs. Sparkman  (7A)  *  7-30   L  
 11/3  @ Brewer  (6A)   26-24   W  

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24  vs. Hazel Green  (6A)       
 8/31  vs. Lee Huntsville  (6A)       
 9/7  vs. Huntsville  (7A)  *      
 9/14  @ Sparkman  (7A)  *      
 9/21  @ Austin  (7A)  *      
 9/28   OPEN 
 10/5  vs. Bob Jones  (7A)  *      
 10/11  @ James Clemens  (7A)  *      
 10/19  @ Florence  (7A)  *      
 10/25  vs. Gadsden City  (7A)  *      
 11/2  @ Buckhorn  (6A)       


Class  7A Region  4
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Austin (6A) 12-1591-202
Bob Jones (7A) 7-4310-251
Florence (6A) 4-7365-365
Gadsden City (7A) 3-7226-320
Grissom (7A) 3-7127-243
Huntsville (7A) 6-5243-261
James Clemens (7A) 3-7190-243
Sparkman (7A) 7-4287-219

 2018 Preview 


       Grissom finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 3-7 record. Last year Grissom finished eighth in Class 7A region four with a 1-6 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Tigers have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2004 season and would love to end that streak this year. The Tigers last playoff victory came during the 2000 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Grissom averaged scoring just 12.7 points a game.

       The Tigers would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 3-17 record. Since 2010, the Grissom football program has struggled with a record of 9-71.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Grissom has not won much with a record of 83-165. Their 34.0% winning percentage ranks 30th in Class 7A and 318th in the AHSAA. Their last winning season was 2005.




       The Tigers are led by head coach Chip English who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 3-7 record in his first season at Grissom. The Tigers saw improvement from a 0-10 record the season before coach English arrived. The Tigers have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach English.

       Coach English's overall record as a head football coach in one season stands at 3-7 (30.0%).

       The Grissom Tigers will play in Class 7A region four during the 2018 season.

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

       The Tigers open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent Hazel Green on Friday, August 24 at Bob Grimwood Stadium. Last year the Hazel Green Trojans finished with an overall record of 2-8 and in sixth place in Class 6A region eight. The Trojans closed out the regular season with a loss to Oak Mountain by a score of 36-29.

       Grissom and Hazel Green have met a total of 22 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 14-8-0 record against the Trojans. They last met in 2015 with Hazel Green winning by a score of 49-7.

       Grissom returns 7A All-State  running back Mel Dantzler. He was named to the honorable mention team last season.

  


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