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Calhoun Tigers

Head Coach: Ervin Starr (seventh season)
Career Record: 6 seasons, (2-57)
At Calhoun: 6 seasons, (2-57)
Stadium: Samuel Bruce Stadium
2022 Enrollment:  148
Rank:  326th in the AHSAA, 1st in Class 1A

 History 
Overall Record:   77-304   (20.0%)
Last 25 years:   35-217   (14.0%)  (Rank: 393rd in the AHSAA, 62nd in Class 1A)
Since 2010:   12-117  (9.3%)  (Rank: 395th in the AHSAA, 62nd in Class 1A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   1999
Last Region Championship:   1999
Last Winning Season:   1999
Last Losing Season:   2022

 2022 
Class:  1A              Region:   4
Record:  1-9
Region Record:   0-7, (eighth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  64 (6.4)
Defense:  423 (42.3)


 2023 
Class: 1A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 47-56 (46%) (288th in the AHSAA, 29th in Class 1A)
Region Strength:  38-35 (52%)
Non-Region Strength:  9-21 (30%)



 2022 Results 
 8/19   OPEN 
 8/26  @ Barbour County  (2A)   26-8   W  
 9/2  vs. Billingsley  (1A)  *  6-42   L  
 9/8  vs. Autaugaville  (1A)  *  0-36   L  
 9/16  @ Maplesville  (1A)  *  0-56   L  
 9/23  @ Luverne  (2A)   0-41   L  
 9/29  vs. Loachapoka  (1A)  *  0-50   L  
 10/7  vs. Verbena  (1A)  *  0-40   L  
 10/14  @ Central Hayneville  (1A)  *  20-60   L  
 10/21  @ Notasulga  (1A)  *  6-40   L  
 10/27  @ Pike Liberal Arts  (Ind)   6-50   L  

 2023 Schedule 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  vs. Barbour County  (2A)       
 9/8  @ Billingsley  (1A)  *      
 9/15  @ Autaugaville  (1A)  *      
 9/22  vs. Maplesville  (1A)  *      
 9/29  vs. Luverne  (2A)       
 10/5  @ Loachapoka  (1A)  *      
 10/13  @ Verbena  (1A)  *      
 10/20  vs. Central Hayneville  (1A)  *      
 10/27  vs. Notasulga  (1A)  *      
 11/3  vs. Pike Liberal Arts  (Ind)       
 11/10  @ Leroy        


Class  1A Region  4
Team 2022 Record Region Scoring                            
Maplesville (1A) 8-4 7-0388-185
Loachapoka (1A) 9-2 6-1330-187
Verbena (1A) 8-3 5-2372-212
Autaugaville (1A) 6-5 4-3275-257
Billingsley (1A) 3-7 3-4192-361
Central Hayneville (1A) 3-6 2-5250-250
Notasulga (1A) 1-8 1-696-310
Calhoun (1A) 1-9 0-764-423

 2023 Preview 


       Calhoun finished the 2022 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year Calhoun finished eighth in Class 1A region four with a 0-7 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Tigers have not qualified for the playoffs since the 1999 season and would love to end that streak this year. The Tigers last playoff victory came during the 1999 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Calhoun averaged scoring just 6.4 points a game. The Tigers also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 42.3 points a game.

       The Tigers would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 1-19 record. Since 2010, the Calhoun football program has struggled with a record of 12-117.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Calhoun has not won much with a record of 35-217. Their 14.0% winning percentage ranks 62nd in Class 1A and 393rd in the AHSAA. The Tigers have struggled on the football field with only two winning seasons during this time. Their last winning season was 1999.




       The Tigers are led by head coach Ervin Starr who is entering his seventh season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 2-57 over the past six seasons at Calhoun. The Tigers have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Starr.

       The Tigers enter the 2023 season in the middle of a 9 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

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

       The Tigers open the 2023 season at home against non-region opponent Barbour County on Friday, September 1 at Samuel Bruce Stadium. Last year the Barbour County Jaguars finished with an overall record of 0-10 and in eighth place in Class 2A region three.

       Calhoun and Barbour County have met a total of 4 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 1-3-0 record against the Jaguars. They last met in 2022 with Calhoun winning by a score of 26-8.

      

  


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