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2019 Season


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   THIS WEEK IN ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
AHSFHS.org Report
(Sep. 15, 2019)

Week Four


The 2019 season is underway. Teams are in the hunt for region championships and playoff spots. Here are a few tidbits and notes from this week's action.

   *  UMS-Wright owns the state's longest winning streak at twenty-two games. The Bulldogs defeated Williamson 14-0 on Friday.

   *   Barbour County extended their state leading fifty-three game losing streak in a 65-0 loss to Cottonwood.

   *   Brindlee Mountain has lost 40 consecutive region games after falling to Geraldine by a score of 64-6 this week.

   *  The Fyffe Red Devils have won 41 straight regular season games following a 24-3 dismantling of Collinsville.

   *   The Fyffe Red Devils also have the longest region winning streak having won 28 straight region contests after their latest region victory.

   *   The Volunteers of Monroe Academy lead all schools with a string of 42 consecutive home wins after defeating Success Unlimited 34-6 on their home turf. Fyffe leads the AHSAA schools with a 32 game home winning streak.

   *   Hokes Bluff had won 12 consecutive road games before falling to Oneonta 44-13 on the road. UMS-Wright now holds onto the longest road winning streak having won 12 consecutive. Chambers Academy leads the AISA schools with a streak of 22 straight road victories.

   *   Fyffe also has the longest current streak for scoring 20 or more points in a game. The Red Devils have put up at least 20 points in 49 consecutive games dating back to 2015.

   *   Fyffe continues to extend their streak of consecutive games scoring. They are currently sitting on a string of 252 games without being shutout.

   *   Hoover has been ranked by the ASWA for an amazing 212 consecutive polls dating back to the 2000 season.

   *   Is anyone playing defense? Fifteen teams scored more than 60 points this week with four topping the seventy point mark. Thirteen accomplished the feat just last week. Thirty years ago, in 1989, only nineteen teams scored more than 60 the entire season. In 1979 only eight teams scored more than sixty points in a game all year long.

   *   Alabama is 18-24 against out of state competition this season. They are 9-7 against Georgia, 3-6 against Florida, 4-6 versus Mississippi and 2-5 against Tennessee.

   *   According to our records, Jasper has won 599 games and can become the 22nd team to top the 600 win mark next week when host Hayden. The Jasper records include a couple of name changes along the way from Walker County, Walker and most recently Jasper.

   *   Coach Glynn Lott won the 150th game in his football coaching career as his team defeated Fort Dale Academy 41-7. Coach Lott is in his 24th season as the head coach at Macon-East and has compiled a record of 150-105 over the course of his coaching career.


Team approaching the 500 win club
  496  -  Hoover  (496-173-7)
  495  -  Haleyville  (495-398-23)
  494  -  McGill-Toolen  (494-422-29)
  493  -  Hueytown  (493-432-32)
  491  -  McAdory  (491-392-25)

Coaches approaching the 100 win club
  99  -  David McKinney (Winfield)  (99-46)
  98  -  Toby Greene (Florala)  (98-88)
  98  -  Don Jacobs (Scottsboro)  (98-50)
  95  -  Ronnie Cottrell (Mobile Christian)  (95-67)
  94  -  Reuben Nelson (Ramsay)  (94-61)
  94  -  Chris Hilliker (Northside)  (94-61)
  93  -  Brian Seymore (Demopolis)  (93-55)
  93  -  Roland Jones Jr. (Brantley)  (93-34)
  91  -  Gene Hill (Sardis)  (91-70)

Points scored in a game

 * Brooks set a team record in a win 72-20 over Wilson breaking the previous record set in a victory over Lauderdale County 69-38 on 8/22/2019.

 * Fayetteville set a team record in a win 75-36 over Central Coosa breaking the previous record set in a victory over Verbena 57-20 on 10/4/2013.

 * Mars Hill set a team record in a win 70-14 over Phillips Bear Creek breaking the previous record set in a victory over Vina 69-0 on 10/5/2018.

 * West Limestone set a team record in a win 75-0 over Elkmont breaking the previous record set in a victory over Clements 72-0 on 9/15/1950.

 * Woodville set a team record in a win 54-14 over Gaylesville breaking the previous record set in a victory over Asbury 53-0 on 8/25/2016.



Points allowed in a game

 * Wilson set a team record in a 72-20 loss to Brooks breaking the previous record set in a loss to Deshler 69-14 on 10/22/2010.



Margin of Victory in a game

 * West Limestone set a team record by defeating Elkmont 75-0 breaking the previous record set when they defeated Clements 72-0 on 9/15/1950.



Points Scored by Both Teams in a Game

 * B.T. Washington set a team record in a loss 62-36 to Handley breaking the previous record set in a loss to Charles Henderson 64-26 on 10/23/2015.

 * Fayetteville set a team record in a 75-36 victory over Central Coosa breaking the previous record set in a loss to St. Jude 62-38 on 9/20/2002.

 * Handley set a team record in a 62-36 victory over B.T. Washington breaking the previous record set when they defeated Munford 50-48 on 9/18/2015.

 * McIntosh set a team record in a loss 60-52 to St. Lukes breaking the previous record set in a loss to Florala 56-40 on 9/18/2015.

 * Mountain Brook set a team record in a 56-49 victory over Spain Park breaking the previous record set when they defeated Spain Park 51-50 on 9/22/2017.

 * Pike Road set a team record in a 63-16 victory over Southside Selma breaking the previous record set in a loss to Cloverdale 71-0 on 9/23/1927.



Teams with current school record winning streaks

 * Chambers Academy has won a team record 17 consecutive games since 8/17/2018.


Teams with current school record losing streaks

 * Barbour County has lost a team record 53 consecutive games since 10/25/2013.
 * Calhoun has lost a team record 44 consecutive games since 10/31/2014.
 * Ellwood Christian has lost a team record 39 consecutive games since 9/17/2015.
 * Columbia has lost a team record 36 consecutive games since 10/23/2015.
 * Choctaw County has lost a team record 17 consecutive games since 10/13/2017.


Teams that set a record for most wins in a season

 * Asbury set a team record with a 1-3 record. That ties the previous mark of 1-9-0 in 2018.



Teams off to great starts in 2019
 * Chickasaw has never started 3-0 in a season.
 * Clements last started a season 3-0 in 1996.
 * Lee Montgomery last started a season 4-0 in 1995.
 * New Hope last started a season 3-0 in 1989.



Teams off to good starts in 2019
 * Banks Academy has never started 3-1 in a season.
 * Ezekiel Academy has never started 4-1 in a season.
 * Lighthouse Home School has never started 5-1 in a season.
 * Southern Prep Academy last started a season 3-1 in 1989.



Teams off to slow starts in 2019
 * Bayside Academy has never started 0-4 in a season.
 * Beauregard last started a season 0-4 in 2001.
 * Bob Jones last started a season 0-4 in 1991.
 * Decatur last started a season 0-4 in 1966.
 * Fort Dale Academy last started a season 0-3 in 2002.
 * Loachapoka last started a season 0-4 in 2002.
 * St. Clair County last started a season 0-4 in 1992.







Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.