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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: Don Cox Region: 5A-R15
1989 Season Highlights
Don Cox enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Russellville. The Golden Tigers won the Class 5A Region 15 Championship.
1989 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Aug. 25 @
Bradshaw
35
13
W
Fri., Sep. 1 vs.
Colbert County
13
20
L
Fri., Sep. 8 @
Hamilton
34
14
W
Fri., Sep. 15 vs.
Athens
*
35
6
W
Fri., Sep. 22 OPEN Fri., Sep. 29 @
Deshler
7
14
L (OT)
Fri., Oct. 6 @
Coffee
*
29
22
W
Fri., Oct. 13 vs.
Hartselle
28
7
W
Fri., Oct. 20 @
Muscle Shoals
*
35
16
W
Fri., Oct. 27 vs.
Demopolis
38
7
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 3 vs.
Bob Jones
34
14
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 10 vs.
Hartselle
35
17
W
2nd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 17 @
Fayette County
0
7
L
3rd Round Playoffs
1989 Season Totals
Record 9-3
Points Scored 323
Scoring Average 26.9
Points Allowed 157
Defense Average 13.1
Opponents Record 86-56
Region Record 3-0
Home Record 5-1
Away Record 4-2
1989 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
8/15/1989 PS
6
ASWA
8/29/1989 1
4 (0-0)
ASWA
9/5/1989 2
3 (1-0)
ASWA
9/12/1989 3
8 (1-1)
ASWA
9/19/1989 4
5 (2-1)
ASWA
9/26/1989 5
5 (3-1)
ASWA
10/17/1989 8
7 (5-2)
ASWA
10/24/1989 9
5 (6-2)
ASWA
11/1/1989 Final
4 (7-2)
ASWA
1989 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
No Russellville Players on File.
1989 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Ashley Stanford LB
Sr. 6-3 225
HM
BN
Ashley Stanford LB
Sr. 6-3 225
1st
ASWA
Jon Vernon OL
Sr. 6-6 235
1st
BN
Jon Vernon OL
Sr. 6-6 235
HM
ASWA
Shane Holcomb TE
HM
ASWA
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