The 2019 season begins this week with a partial
schedule of games. Here are a few tidbits
entering the season.
* Before we get to the usual things here, I want
inform our fans that we are still here. While I did travel much of the past four
months we will be here this football season and every one for a very long time
hopefully. We will continue to travel extensively but the show must go on so we
will still give you the best and most up to date coverage of high school
football around.
* The season will open with a few schools no longer playing football for
various reasons. Marengo Academy and Kingwood Christian closed their doors over
the summer. Snook Christian. Coosa Valley Academy and Evangel Christian in
Montgomery decided to not field teams in 2019. That leaves a huge gap in some of
the AISA school's schedules. Among the AHSAA schools, Holy Spirit will not put a
team on the field this year. Dothan and Northview combined their schools to form
what we will call 'Dothan High' for lack of a better name for the new school.
The Wolves will be a new school in our records from this year forward.
* Hoover has been ranked by the ASWA for an amazing
209 consecutive polls dating back to the 2000 season.
The Bucs open the 2019 season as the #2 team in 7A and face the top ranked Red
Evils of Central Phenix City.
* UMS-Wright is coming off a state championship season and enter this year with
a nineteen game winning streaks which leads the AHSAA schools. Monroe Academy
leads all teams with a 26 game winning streak.
* Barbour County hopes to end a string of
fifty
consecutive losses this season. They are followed by Calhoun (41) and Ellwood
Christian (36). The
streaks are not close to the longest in state history behind R.C. Hatch at 68 losses in a
row.
* Brindlee Mountain has lost 38 consecutive region games
but do not begin region play for a couple of weeks. Wilcox Central has lost 36
straight region contests.
*
The Fyffe Red Devils have won 38 straight regular season games. They are well short of the 56
game mark set by Prattville a few years ago. Chambers Academy has a string of 34 over the
past three seasons.
* Demopolis has a streak of 32 consecutive region wins
with no signs of slowing down this year.
The Tigers open region play in two weeks. Georgiana has a string of 30 straight
region victories.
* The
Volunteers of state champion Monroe Academy enter the 2019 season with a string of
40 consecutive home
wins. Fyffe leads the AHSAA
schools with a 31 game home winning streak.
* Hokes Bluff has
won 12 consecutive road games. Chambers Academy leads the AISA schools with a
streak of 22 straight road victories.
*
Gordo will try to extend their streak of 26 straight winning seasons. The Green
Wave last suffered through a losing season way back in 1992 when they finished
with a 4-6 record. Oneonta owns the longest streak
all-time when they won more games than they lost every year between 1956-1994.
* Maplesville has scored twenty or more points
in 63 consecutive games. The Clay-Chalkville Cougars scored at least twenty points
in 80 straight games to set the state record a couple of years ago.
*
Fyffe hopes to avoid the dreaded shutout and extend their streak of
consecutive games scoring. They are currently sitting on a string of 249 games
without being shutout. T.R. Miller sits atop this list with a string of 354
games.
* The Luverne Tigers will be working hard to extend their
string of qualifying for the playoffs to 37 consecutive seasons.
* Vina has suffered through twenty-eight
consecutive losing seasons. That is the second longest in history behind only
R.C. Hatch with a string of 36 straight losing seasons.
* No less than eight different coaches will be in search of
their 100th win as a head football coach once the season opens. All have over 90
victories during their careers.
Team approaching the 500 win club
493 - Haleyville (493-396-23)
493 - Hoover (493-172-7)
491 - McGill-Toolen (491-422-29)
490 - Hueytown (490-432-32)
489 - McAdory (489-390-25)
Coaches approaching the 100 win club
99 - Ben Blackmon (Spanish Fort) (99-41)
99 - Matt Griffith (Sylacauga) (99-92)
97 - David McKinney (Winfield) (97-44)
96 - Toby Greene (Winfield) (96-86)
96 - Don Jacobs (Scottsboro) (96-49)
94 - Ronnie Cottrell (Mobile Christian) (94-65)
91 - Chris Hilliker (Northside) (91-60)
91 - Reuben Nelson (Ramsay) (91-60)
90 - Gene Hill (Sardis) (90-68)
90 - Roland Jones Jr. (Brantley) (90-34)
90 - Brian Seymore (Demopolis) (90-54)
Points scored in a game
* Brooks set a team record in a win 69-38 over Lauderdale County breaking the previous record set in a victory over St. John Paul II 67-7 on 10/20/2017.
* Asbury set a team record in a win 35-20 over Brindlee Mountain breaking the previous record set in a loss to Ider 27-47 on 10/14/2016.
Points allowed in a game
* Lauderdale County set a team record in a 69-38 loss to Brooks breaking the previous record set in a loss to Fayetteville TN 68-0 on 9/8/1950.
Margin of Victory in a game
* Asbury set a team record by defeating Brindlee Mountain 35-20 breaking the previous record set when they defeated Brindlee Mountain 19-7 on 8/24/2018.
Points Scored by Both Teams in a Game
* Brooks set a team record in a 69-38 victory over Lauderdale County breaking the previous record set when they defeated Colbert County 55-49 on 11/2/2012.
* Lauderdale County set a team record in a loss 69-38 to Brooks breaking the previous record set when they defeated Phil Campbell 52-46 on 10/12/2018.
* Samson set a team record in a loss 54-37 to Geneva County breaking the previous record set in a loss to Straughn 72-13 on 10/24/1997.
Teams with current school record winning streaks
* Chambers Academy has won a team record 14 consecutive games since 8/17/2018. Teams with current school record losing streaks
* Barbour County has lost a team record 50 consecutive games since 10/25/2013. * Calhoun has lost a team record 42 consecutive games since 10/31/2014. * Ellwood Christian has lost a team record 36 consecutive games since 9/17/2015. * Columbia has lost a team record 33 consecutive games since 10/23/2015. * Verbena has lost a team record 20 consecutive games since 11/4/2016. * Success Unlimited has lost a team record 7 consecutive games since 9/21/2018. Teams that set a record for most wins in a season
* Asbury set a team record with a 1-0 record. That ties the previous mark of 1-9-0 in 2018.
Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
Murphy and Theodore battled through seven overtimes before the Panthers came out on top 33-26 in 1979.