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Briarwood Lions
Briarwood Christian School

6255 Cahaba Valley Rd. Birmingham, AL 35242
Stadium: Lions Pride Stadium
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Matthew Forester
Region: 5A-R5
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Team History on AHSFHS.org
Coach Fred Yancey    
2010 5A Super Six Game Summary 
2007 5A Super Six Game Summary 
2003 5A Super Six Game Summary 
1999 3A Super Six Game Summary 
1998 3A Super Six Game Summary 
 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1973  (#1)
  1976 - First playoff appearance.
  1977 - First playoff win.
  1983 - Joined the AHSAA.
  1985 - First playoff appearance.
  1986 - First region championship.
  1990 - First 11 win season.
  1996 - First 13 win season.
  1996 - First 10-0 regular season.
  1998 - First undefeated & untied season.
  1998 - Record 15-0 season.
  1999 - Won 32 Consecutive regular season games.
 
Championships
State Playoff Championships
1977, 1983, 1998, 1999, 2003
State Mythical Championships
None
Region Championships
  1986, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
2016, 2017, 2019, 2025
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 413-202-1
 Winning Pct. 67%
 State Playoff Titles 5
 State Mythical Titles 0
 Region/Area Titles 19
 Region/Area Record 174-50
 All State Players (#3)100
 NFL Players (#4)3
 Weeks Ranked #1 47
 Home Record 213-90-1
 Away Record 180-97-0
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 53
 Winning Seasons (#2) 41
 Losing Seasons (#2)12
 Most Wins in A Season 15 (1998)
 Most Losses in A Season 8 (1989)
 10 Win Seasons 17
 Most Points Scored in a Game 67 (9/9/1977)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 582 (1998)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 64 (11/19/1993)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 303 (2022)
 Largest Margin of Victory 67 (9/9/1977)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 51 (9/18/1992)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 90 (11/1/2024)
 Last Shutout 11/10/2023
 Last Time Shutout 8/29/2025
 Shutouts All-Time 91
 Been Shutout All-Time 45
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 17 (8/28/1998-9/3/1999)
 Longest Losing 8 (10/30/1987-10/14/1988)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 67-32
 Appearances 37
 1st Round 27-6
 2nd Round 17-10
 3rd Round 12-5
 Semi-Finals 6-6
 Finals 5-5
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  37-28
 2010-19  96-36
 2000-09  103-28
 1990-99 91-33
 1980-89 45-49
 1970-79 41-28-1
 1960-69 0-0
 1950-59 0-0
 
Enrollment History
 Year  Students  (Rank) 
 2024-25 540 (105)
 2022-23 601 (88)
 2020-21 590 (86)
 2018-19 584 (93)
 2016-17 570 (99)
 2014-15 599 (85)
 2012-13 593 (85)
 2010-11 545 (98)
 2008-09 533 (94)
 2006-07 513 (99)
 2004-05 464 (105)
 2002-03 428 (115)
 2000-01 413 (119)
 1998-99 274 (195)
 1996-97 262 (197)
 1994-95 248 (202)
 1990-91 253 (210)
 1988-89 225 (231)
 1986-87 220 (248)
  
Next Game
 11/7/2025 (Fri)
vs. Leeds
in a 1st Round Playoff Game.
Last Time: Briarwood lost 28-29 in 2025.
All-Time:
  vs. Leeds 1-1-0 50.0% 
 
2025 Season
 8/22  vs. Oak Mountain    3   14   L  
 8/29  vs. Homewood    0   27   L  
 9/4  @ Ramsay   *  14   13   W  
 9/12  vs. Carver Birmingham   *  36   22   W  
 9/19  @ Wenonah   *  40   22   W  
 9/26  @ Leeds    28   29   L  
 10/3  vs. Corner   *  27   42   L  
 10/10  @ John Carroll   *  23   7   W  
 10/17   OPEN 
 10/24  vs. Hayden   *  49   7   W  
 10/30  @ McAdory    13   56   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/7  vs. Leeds            
 
2025 Season Totals
  Record5-5
  Scoring233-239
  Region Record5-1
  Home Record2-3
  Away Record3-2
 
 Region 5 Standings
  Briarwood 5-55-1
  Ramsay 6-35-1
  Carver Birmingham 6-24-2
  Corner 8-24-2
  Wenonah 5-52-4
  John Carroll 3-71-5
  Hayden 0-100-6
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Briarwood & Chelsea have played 34 games.
Briarwood has won 24 games.
Chelsea has won 9 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record Against Ranked Teams (since 1984)
 Total 55-59
 Regular Season 29-37
 Playoffs 26-22
 Lower Class 5-6
 Same Class 45-44
 Higher Class 5-9
 1A 0-2
 2A 2-2
 3A 10-11
 4A 5-2
 5A 34-25
 6A 4-15
 7A 0-2
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 4-37
 10 or more 232-55
 20 or more  206-21
 30 or more 143-2
 40 or more 71-0
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 106-0
 10 or more 130-92
 20 or more 39-72
 30 or more 6-30
 40 or more 1-10
 
Border Wars
 vs. Georgia 4 - 2 - 0
 vs. Tennessee 1 - 0 - 0
 
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Some records may be incomplete. We have chosen to publish this information in hopes our visitors will participate in assisting us to complete every school.
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.
(3) All State players counted for the all state teams we have in our database. We must have an entire team for the appropriate classification to make additions to the teams. Only ASWA teams are recognized after 1982.
(4) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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