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Russellville Football Team History
Russellville Golden Tigers
Russellville High School
P.O. Box 730 Russellville, AL 35653
Stadium: Tigers Stadium Colors: Vegas Gold, Black & White Coach: Perry Swindall Region: 5A-R8
2001 Season Highlights
Perry Swindall enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Russellville. The Golden Tigers won the Class 5A Region 8 Championship.
2001 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Thu., Aug. 30 @
Deshler
28
7
W
Fri., Sep. 7 vs.
Lawrence County
14
11
W
Fri., Sep. 14 @
Bradshaw
*
55
8
W
Fri., Sep. 21 vs.
J.O. Johnson
*
46
12
W
Fri., Sep. 28 @
Coffee
*
31
0
W
Fri., Oct. 5 vs.
Lee Huntsville
*
26
0
W
Fri., Oct. 12 @
Buckhorn
*
42
19
W
Fri., Oct. 19 @
Athens
*
21
17
W
Fri., Oct. 26 vs.
Muscle Shoals
*
41
3
W
Fri., Nov. 2 vs.
Good Hope
49
16
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 9 vs.
Oxford
55
13
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 16 vs.
Walker
10
3
W
2nd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 23 @
Mortimer Jordan
17
14
W
3rd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 30 vs.
Homewood
21
31
L
Semi-finals Playoffs
2001 Season Totals
Record 13-1
Points Scored 456
Scoring Average 32.6
Points Allowed 154
Defense Average 11.0
Opponents Record 92-68
Region Record 7-0
Home Record 7-1
Away Record 6-0
2001 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
7/31/2001 PS
8 (10-4) 44
ASWA
9/4/2001 1
5 (1-0) 89
ASWA
9/11/2001 2
6 (2-0) 82
ASWA
9/18/2001 3
6 (2-0) 82
ASWA
9/26/2001 4
5 (4-0) 124
ASWA
10/3/2001 5
5 (5-0) 137
ASWA
10/10/2001 6
5 (6-0) 136
ASWA
10/17/2001 7
5 (7-0) 125
ASWA
10/24/2001 8
5 (8-0) 132
ASWA
10/31/2001 9
5 (9-0) 133
ASWA
11/7/2001 Final
4 (10-0) 119
ASWA
2001 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Aaron Sears
OL
Jr. 6-4 290
Super All-State
Bham News
Kevin Sears
DB
Sr. 6-5 220
AL-MS Game
Matt Crum
OL
Sr. 6-3 270
All-Star Game
Matt Kidd
DL
Sr.
All-Star Game
2001 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Aaron Sears OL
Jr. 6-4 290
1st
ASWA
Aaron Sears L
Jr. 6-4 290
1st
BN
Elliott Bishop PK
HM
ASWA
Jake Tompkins QB
Jr. 6-2 202
1st
ASWA
Jake Tompkins QB
Jr. 6-2 205
1st
BN
Justin Williams WR
Jr.
HM
BN
Kevin Sears DB
Sr. 6-5 220
1st
ASWA
Kevin Sears DB
Sr. 6-4 218
1st
BN
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