The History of High School Football in Alabama

Welcome to the Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Our goal is to chronicle a complete history of high school football in the state of Alabama. We also provide other important information including coaching records, state wide polls, state championship summaries, region and area records and much more. If you can provide accurate scores or any other information related to our efforts we encourage you to contact us.

This Week in Football Region Standings 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  AISA  Week 6                                 September 21, 2016   Week Six Tidbits & Records   Scoring Averages   How the Top Ten fared   Week Six Scores   Top Ten Matchups This Week   This Week's matchups   Week Five ASWA Football Poll  Week 5                                 September 14, 2016   Week Five Tidbits & Records   Week Five Scores   Week Four ASWA Football Poll  Week 4                                 September 9, 2016   Week Four Tidbits & Records   Week Four Scores   Top Ten Matchups This Week  Week 3                                 September 2, 2016   Week Three ASWA Football Poll   This Week's matchups   Week Three Tidbits & Records   Week Three Scores  Week 2                                 August 25, 2016   Week Two ASWA Football Poll   Week Two Tidbits & Records   Week Two Scores   This week's matchups  Week 1                                 August 18, 2016   This week's matchups   Week One ASWA Football Poll   Tidbits for the opening week   Week One Scores  Preseason                             August 14th, 2016   Tidbits for the opening week   This week's matchups   Preseason ASWA Football Poll  On The Radio Find your favorite team on a local radio station this season. Games on the radio  Current Streaks Winning Streak           16 - Piedmont           19 - Bessemer Academy - AISA   Losing Streak           28 - Russell County  Regular Season Winning Streak           29 - G.W. Long  Region Winning Streak           50 - Tanner  Region Losing Streak           49 - Bullock County  Home Winning Streak           20 - St. Pauls  Consecutive Winning Seasons           23 - Gordo  Consecutive Playoff Seasons           33 - Luverne  Consecutive Weeks Top Ten Ranking           180 - Hoover  Consecutive Games Scoring           211 - Fyffe Coaching Changes A look at every high school football head coaching change since the end of the 2015 football season. 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A   AISA 2015 Season in review AHSFHS.org                               December,  15nd, 2015  A week by week recap of the football season. 2014 Season in review AHSFHS.org                               December,  29nd, 2014  A week by week recap of the football season. Historical Sports Articles AHSFHS.org                               February,  2nd, 2016       Coaches with the most championships in each sport.    Championship Coaches in Every Sport  AHSFHS.org                               February,  2nd, 2016       Update on coaching research.    Coaches in Every Sport  AHSFHS.org                               February,  2nd, 2016       Finding the winning coaches in each sport.    Winning Coaches  AHSFHS.org                               February,  1st, 2016       New research and new mythical champions.    More Mythical Champions Found  AHSFHS.org                               August,  10th, 2015        New research from Bill Plott.   Bill Plott (part 3)  Bill Plott (part 2)  Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion and Winston Counties.  Bill Plott (part 1)  Walker, Cullman and Blount Counties. Article Archives Article Archives - past articles about the history of high school football in Alabama. Other Team Sports on AHSFHS.org Following years of research, in June of 2007 the AHSFHS.org website became a reality. Many people have gotten involved to assist with the research of the schools and teams to make this possible. In 2012 other team sports joined football as a part of our research. Initially AHSFHS.org will include information about the state tournament, all state teams, all tournament teams, player awards, coaches and team records. The additional team sports will include Basketball and Soccer for both boys and girls, Volleyball, Baseball and Softball. Check it out here at WWW.AHSFHS.org/sports

Articles ASHFHS.org AHSFHS.org                               September 24th, 2016       The playoffs are coming!    A PDF copy of the 2016 playoff brackets.  AHSFHS.org                               August 31st, 2016       An update on the Helmet Project for this season.    The Helmet Project.  AHSFHS.org                               August 31st, 2016       Who has the worst football program in the state's history?    A look at the other side of winning.  2016 Season Previews        A look at every high school football team as they prepare for the upcoming season. AHSFHS.org                               August 15th, 2016       The 11th annual Champions Challenge Football Classic is August 18-20 in Montgomery.    Champions Challenge Classic.  AHSFHS.org                               August 11th, 2016       A total of 52 teams from the Dothan area were included in our latest update.    Our latest update.  AHSFHS.org                               August 9th, 2016       Which teams have the toughest schedules this season?    The teams with the toughest schedules.  AHSFHS.org                               August 5th, 2016       There are plenty of unanswered questions as we near the 2016 season openers.    Questions as the season approaches  AHSFHS.org                               August 3rd, 2016       A look at the coaches nearing the magical 100 win mark.    Coaches approaching 100 wins.  AHSFHS.org                               August 1st, 2016       The winningest coaches still roaming the sidelines.    Winningest active coaches.  AHSFHS.org                               July 28th, 2016       A look at some of the current team records as the season approaches.    Current football team records.  AHSFHS.org                               July 26th, 2016       What football programs won the most games prior to the playoff system?    The best programs pre-1966.  AHSFHS.org                               July 22nd, 2016       Over the past 100 years a few strange things have occurred in football.    Strange and odd facts.  AHSFHS.org                               July 20th, 2016       Which team put together the most consecutive 10 win seasons?    Consecutive 10 win seasons.  AHSFHS.org                               July 18th, 2016       Who are the best football programs that have never won a playoff championship?    The best programs to never win a playoff title.  AHSFHS.org                               July 15th, 2016       The AHSAA North-South All-Star game rosters are complete 1998-2016.    North-South All-Star game rosters.  AHSFHS.org                               July 13th, 2016       What records have the best chance of enduring forever?    Records that will never be broken.  AHSFHS.org                               July 11th, 2016       AHSFHS.org is working to complete rosters for each of the State Championship teams since the playoffs began in 1966.    Championship Team Rosters.  AHSFHS.org                               July 6th, 2016       Over 8,000 new players have been added to the All-State teams over the past 100 years.    All-state team additions.  New Series        Our latest series is all about the rivalries between two schools. A look at some of the most intense and longest rivalries across the state.        The State's Best Rivalries Realignment 2016-17 AHSFHS.org                               January,  21st, 2016       The AHSAA has released the new classification for the next two seasons. 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  Alabama High School Football        Our latest series will look at the undefeated teams and their amazing seasons. A game-by-game summary of the teams that navigated an entire season without losing a game.        The Undefeated Playoff Teams        A series of articles we began last season and will update each year about the men who have roamed the sideline of the Alabama high school football fields over the past 100 years. Find out who are the best of all-time.        The Coaches of Alabama High School Football        Over the past 100 years there are games that have come to define the meaning of the word memorable. Fans remember them for years to come and talk about them forever. We take a look at some of those games in a series on the greatest games in history.        The Greatest Games in High School Football        With the recent talk among college football fans debating whether the current Alabama team is considered a dynasty, we at AHSFHS.org thought it would be great to look back at some of the dynasties in high school football.        The Alabama High School Football Dynasties AHSFHS.org Fan Shop  * This is your chance to show your team colors as a fan of high school football. Shop for hundreds of items with your school's colors and logos at the AHSFHS.org Fan Shop.

ASHFHS.org Progress    You can keep track of our progress in completing teams back through the 1950 season by clicking on the link in the right-hand column called 'Our Progress'. We are working to finish as many teams as possible back through the 1950 season. If you can assist us in this research in any way just let us know. More information     We are also interested in completing the coaches for every team. If you can assist us in any way we will appreciate the help.

The Beginning

The game of American football as played today by high school, college, and professional teams grew out of rugby-style football which in the mid-1870s replaced a largely kicking game known as association football. Although initially played on village greens and on college fields, the first intercollegiate game took place on 6 November 1869 when Rutgers defeated Princeton 6-4 in a soccer-style game. Five years later, Montreal's McGill University playing at Harvard introduced rugby football, which would be rapidly adopted by eastern teams.   *Answers.com