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          Dora and Cordova have met a total of 101 times on the football field making it one of the oldest rivalries in the state. Cordova leads the series with a record of 50-49-2. That makes this the closest rivalry of any in the state over ninety games.

          The two schools are about twelve miles apart in Walker County. Between 1994 and 2021 the teams met in the first game of the football season. Over the years they have usually played early in the season each year until recently when the game was moved to October.

          The teams first met during the 1925 season when Dora and Cordova fielded their first teams and Cordova was known as Bankhead High School. They have met every season since except a few seasons in the early years. They have played every season since 1935.

          Dora's 62-0 victory in 1993 was the biggest ever for the Bulldogs in the series. A year later, Cordova won 3-0 on a game-winning field goal.

          The biggest upset in the series may have come in 1995 when the two teams met in the first game of the season. Dora came away with a 25-20 victory and went on to win five games that year. Cordova regrouped and won the Class 3A state championship with a 6-0 victory over B.B. Comer.

          In recent history the rivalry has been streak with each Dora winning six in a row (2001-06), Cordova winning four in a row (2007-10) and Dora taking seven of the last eight games. Dora has won nineteen of the past twenty-eight games to close the gap in the series to a single game in 2025.


Total Meetings:  101
Series Record:  Cordova leads 50-49-2
First Meeting:  10/9/1925, Cordova 6, Dora, 6
Last Meeting:  10/11/2024, Dora 19, Cordova 13
Longest Winning Streak:  Cordova 6 (1945-1949), Dora 6 (2001-2006)
Biggest Wins:  Cordova 42-3 (2016), Dora 62-0 (1993)

Biggest Upsets:  1995 Dora (5-5) upset Cordova (12-2) 25-20
                         1997 Dora (3-7) upset Cordova (9-3) 34-31
         

Cordova vs. Dora
2025   -  
2024 Dora 48-13 Cordova
2023 Dora 40-7 Cordova
2022 Dora 42-21 Cordova
2021 Cordova 20-13 Dora
2020 Dora 21-6 Cordova
2019 Dora 27-15 Cordova
2018 Dora 31-0 Cordova
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2017 Dora 48-12 Cordova
2016 Cordova 42-3 Dora
2015 Cordova 29-19 Dora
2014 Dora 35-12 Cordova
2013 Dora 50-6 Cordova
2012 Dora 45-6 Cordova
2011 Dora 45-8 Cordova
2010 Cordova 13-7 Dora
2009 Cordova 48-9 Dora
2008 Cordova 34-6 Dora
2007 Cordova 57-19 Dora
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2006 Dora 21-19 Cordova
2005 Dora 33-11 Cordova
2004 Dora 35-3 Cordova
2003 Dora 51-29 Cordova
2002 Dora 20-18 Cordova
2001 Dora 25-18 Cordova
2000 Cordova 28-21 Dora
1999 Cordova 9-7 Dora
1998 Dora 41-20 Cordova
1997 Dora 34-31 Cordova
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1996 Cordova 22-6 Dora
1995 Dora 25-20 Cordova
1994 Cordova 3-0 Dora
1993 Dora 62-0 Cordova
1992 Dora 31-6 Cordova
1991 Cordova 40-7 Dora
1990 Cordova 17-14 Dora
1989 Cordova 27-0 Dora
1988 Cordova 20-7 Dora
1987 Cordova 7-6 Dora
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1986 Dora 23-0 Cordova
1985 Dora 14-12 Cordova
1984 Cordova 14-13 Dora
1983 Dora 29-7 Cordova
1982 Dora 27-7 Cordova
1981 Dora 33-21 Cordova
1980 Cordova 15-8 Dora
1979 Dora 6-0 Cordova
1978 Dora 26-0 Cordova
1977 Dora 21-0 Cordova
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1976 Dora 14-7 Cordova
1975 Cordova 17-7 Dora
1974 Cordova 19-16 Dora
1973 Cordova 7-6 Dora
1972 Cordova 21-7 Dora
1971 Cordova 13-8 Dora
1970 Dora 32-0 Cordova
1969 Dora 20-14 Cordova
1968 Dora 24-12 Cordova
1967 Cordova 19-12 Dora
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1966 Dora 7-6 Cordova
1965 Cordova 13-0 Dora
1964 Cordova 33-0 Dora
1963 Cordova 21-0 Dora
1962 Cordova 18-0 Dora
1961 Dora 13-7 Cordova
1960 Dora 18-12 Cordova
1959 Dora 12-6 Cordova
1958 Cordova 20-6 Dora
1957 Cordova 12-0 Dora
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1956 Cordova 41-13 Dora
1955 Cordova 32-0 Dora
1954 Cordova 35-6 Dora
1953 Dora 0-0 Cordova
1953 Dora 12-8 Cordova
1952 Cordova 14-0 Dora
1951 Dora 6-0 Cordova
1950 Dora 12-6 Cordova
1949 Cordova 31-6 Dora
1948 Cordova 33-7 Dora
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1947 Cordova 14-0 Dora
1946 Cordova 6-0 Dora
1945 Cordova 32-0 Dora
1945 Cordova 27-0 Dora
1944 Dora 10-0 Cordova
1944 Cordova 20-0 Dora
1943 Cordova 32-0 Dora
1943 Cordova 26-13 Dora
1942 Cordova 34-13 Dora
1941 Cordova 19-12 Dora
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1939 Dora 13-0 Cordova
1938 Dora 24-13 Cordova
1937 Dora 13-6 Cordova
1936 Dora 20-6 Cordova
1935 Dora 7-6 Cordova
1933 Cordova 13-6 Dora
1930 Cordova 19-0 Dora
1927 Dora 6-0 Cordova
1927 Cordova 2-0 Dora
1926 Cordova 7-6 Dora
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1926 Dora 6-0 Cordova
1925 Cordova 32-0 Dora
1925 Dora 6-6 Cordova
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David Parker
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