Rivalries
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These two teams have played a total of 96 times but the series was placed on pause between 2014 and 2020 when the AHSAA went to seven classifications making it difficult for the two to continue to play each other. The series was resumed in 2021 with the Tigers breaking a nine games losing streak with a 49-28 victory over the Lions. Foley leads the series with a 54-39-3 record. The Lions have won fourteen of the last fifteen games in the series. The Tigers also won the first eleven games played between 1923-1936. In 1979 the Tigers upset and undefeated Foley squad 10-6 to hand them the only loss of the season and knock the Lions out of the state playoffs. The same thing happened back in 1960 to knock the Lions out of a shot at a mythical championship. The Tigers finished 9-1 in 1956 with the only loss coming at the hands of the Lions. The teams first met in 1924 when Foley fielded their first football team and that meeting was the only game the Lions played that year. They have played every year until 2014 since except in 1927 and 1930 when misunderstandings between the schools put a pause to the rivalry. Total Meetings: 96 Series Record: Foley leads 54-39-3 Home Record: Foley: 25-19-3 Baldwin County: 18-29-0 First Meeting: 11/21/1924, Foley 6, Baldwin County, 47 Last Meeting: 8/22/2025, Foley 7, Baldwin County, 3 Longest Winning Streak: Foley 9 (2005-2013), Baldwin County 11 (1924-1936) Biggest Wins: Foley 41-0 (1961), Baldwin County 52-0 (1925) Biggest Upsets: 1956 - Foley (5-4-1) upset Baldwin County (9-1) 21-14
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David Parker
AHSFHS.org
dparker@ahsfhs.org
Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
Spence McCracken won a record 21 Area/Region Championships at Montgomery Academy, Lee Montgomery and Opelika during his coaching career.
Spence McCracken won a record 21 Area/Region Championships at Montgomery Academy, Lee Montgomery and Opelika during his coaching career.