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1992 State Championship Final Summaries


 
1992 Class 5A State Championship Game
Blount vs. Russellville
Blount
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
13   Williamson 21 L  
24   Murphy W  
24   Foley W  
29   Alba W  
13   Carver LA 21 L  
14   B.C. Rain W  
44   LeFlore W  
63   Ft. Walton Beach FL 38 W  
 Vigor W  
28   Citronelle 21 W  
41   Daphne W  1st Rd
42   Charles Henderson 13 W  2nd Rd
27   Williamson W  3rd Rd
28   Valley 27 W  Semi
29   Russellville 15 W  Finals
  
42613-2-0 177
Region Record  3-1
Russellville
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
22   Deshler W  
41   Phil Campbell W  
14   Colbert County W  
27   Bradshaw W  
49   Hamilton 21 W  
42   Bob Jones W  
14   Coffee W  
27   Hartselle W  
    OPEN    
30   Muscle Shoals 16 W  
42   Bob Jones W  1st Rd
36   Albertville W  2nd Rd
28   Athens W  3rd Rd
31   Etowah 10 W  Semi
15   Blount 29 L  Finals
  
41813-1-0 113
Region Record  2-0
Game Summary
Blount
8 0 7 15 -- 29
Russellville
8 0 7 0 -- 15
 
 Scoring Summaries: 
Russellville: DeShawn Graham 3 yard run (Charles Hogan to Shane James pass)
Blount: Darnell Hawkins 12 yard run (Dameyune Craig run)
Blount: Darnell Hawkins 9 yard run (Herbert James PAT)
Russellville: Graham 1 yard run (Joshua Willis PAT)
Blount: Darnell Hawkins 10 yard run 9:20 (Herbert James PAT)
Blount: Herbert James 63 yard fumble return 8:56 (Herbert James PAT)
 
  Blount Russellville
First Downs18 17
Rush/Yards170 189
Pass/Yards168 143
Pass att/com/int14-8-3 23-11-4
Total Yards348 332
Fumbles/Lost1 1
Punt/Avg.2-30.5 4-32.7
Penalties7-52 4-34
Time of Poss.
   
Game MVP:
Records: Blount (13-2); Russellville (13-1)
Coaches: Ben Harris, Blount and Don Cox, Russellville
Game: Played Friday December 11, 1992 at Ladd Stadium, Mobile
 
Summary:
              Blount took advantage of turnovers to score a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to win its second consecutive 5A state championship. The game was tied 8-8 at the half and 15-15 after the third quarter, but the final stanza belonged to the Leopards. Darnell Hawkins intercepted a pass at the Russellville 29 yard line and then put the Leopards ahead to stay with a 10 yard touchdown run with 9:20 remaining.
              On Russellville's very next possession and the first play after the kickoff, Shane James picked a fumble out of the air and ran 67 yards for another Blount touchdown and the game was over. Dameyune Craig rushed 12 times for 65 yards and completed 6 of 11 for another 130 yards passing.
              This was Russellville's fourth trip to the championship game having won titles in 1967-68 and losing one to Greenville in 1987. Blount won its second championship in three years.
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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.