News

We now have 837 teams &  
192,876 games on AHSFHS.org.



Search Site

AHSFHS Article Series


   The best of the best in Alabama High   
  School Football over the past 100 seasons.






Rivalries 


     Share on Facebook         
      





          Since 2000 these two team shave claimed thirteen state championships in football. UMS-Wright won eight and the Saints claim another five. So when it comes to this 'Battle of Old Shell Road' the stakes are for more than just a rivalry win. It can lead to a state championship for these two west Mobile private schools.

          St. Paul's first fielded a football team in 1972 and the two schools met for the first time in 1978 with the Saints coming away with a 9-0 win. St. Paul's actually won the first six games in the series which is their longest winning streak against UMS-Wright.

          The schools are only a couple of miles apart and recently the game kicks off the season for the two schools. In the early years they played to end the season.

          In 2017 the team entered the game with identical 8-1 records. St. Paul's pulled out a 9-0 victory and would go on to claim the 5A state championship in Auburn. UMS-Wright recovered quickly from that loss to win five straight playoff games and take home the 4A Blue Map in a 21-7 victory over Fayette County in the title game.

          Both the 2024 and 2025 games went to overtime before a victor could be decided. The Saints won both contest in dramatic form and claimed another year of celebrations in west Mobile.

          The series has been close in recent year with the Bulldogs holding a slim 24-23 lead in the young rivalry.

         

Total Meetings:  47
Series Record:  UMS-Wright leads 24-23-0
Home Record: UMS-Wright: 11-12-0
                        St. Paul's: 11-11-0
First Meeting:  9/1/1978, UMS-Wright 0, St. Paul's, 9
Last Meeting:  8/22/2025, St. Paul's 29, UMS-Wright 28
Longest Winning Streak:  UMS-Wright 4 (1999-2002), St. Paul's 6 (1978-1983)
Biggest Wins:  UMS-Wright 46-0 (2001), St. Paul's 37-3 (1993)

Biggest Upsets: 

UMS-Wright vs. St. Paul's
2015 UMS-Wright 27-12 St. Pauls
2014 St. Pauls 35-7 UMS-Wright
2013 St. Pauls 28-0 UMS-Wright
2012 St. Pauls 38-8 UMS-Wright
2011 St. Pauls 36-6 UMS-Wright
2010 St. Pauls 31-28 UMS-Wright
2009 UMS-Wright 31-21 St. Pauls
2008 UMS-Wright 24-7 St. Pauls
2007 St. Pauls 32-6 UMS-Wright
2006 UMS-Wright 21-20 St. Pauls
2005 UMS-Wright 48-20 St. Pauls
.
2004 UMS-Wright 42-21 St. Pauls
2003 St. Pauls 28-24 UMS-Wright
2002 UMS-Wright 24-8 St. Pauls
2001 UMS-Wright 46-0 St. Pauls
2000 UMS-Wright 31-15 St. Pauls
1999 UMS-Wright 28-21 St. Pauls
1998 St. Pauls 31-3 UMS-Wright
1997 UMS-Wright 44-13 St. Pauls
1996 UMS-Wright 10-7 St. Pauls
1995 St. Pauls 22-7 UMS-Wright
.
1994 UMS-Wright 21-6 St. Pauls
1993 St. Pauls 37-3 UMS-Wright
1992 St. Pauls 19-0 UMS-Wright
1991 St. Pauls 9-7 UMS-Wright
1990 UMS-Wright 3-0 St. Pauls
1989 UMS-Wright 17-0 St. Pauls
1988 UMS-Wright 23-0 St. Pauls
1987 UMS-Wright 48-7 St. Pauls
1986 St. Pauls 17-11 UMS-Wright
1984 UMS-Wright 13-10 St. Pauls
.
1983 St. Pauls 34-31 UMS-Wright
1982 St. Pauls 13-7 UMS-Wright
1981 St. Pauls 18-15 UMS-Wright
1980 St. Pauls 10-7 UMS-Wright
1979 St. Pauls 7-0 UMS-Wright
1978 St. Pauls 9-0 UMS-Wright
# Playoff game


David Parker
  AHSFHS.org
  dparker@ahsfhs.org




Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Clay County shutout an amazing eleven opponents in 1996. The Panthers outscored their opponents 613-42 finishing the season 15-0.