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Father Ryan Fighting Irish
Father Ryan High School

700 Norwood Drive Nashvillle, TN
Stadium: Giacosa Stadium
Colors: Purple, White & Red
Coach: Brian Rector

Overall Record Progress      97.3% Complete
   
  
Team History
  Known as Nashville Catholic High School for Boys prior to 1929
 
Championships
State Playoff Championships
1974, 1997
State Mythical Championships
District Championships
  1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1995
1996
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 483-396-31
 Winning Pct. 55%
 State Playoff Titles 2
 State Mythical Titles 
 District Titles 8
 District Record 113-111
 Home Record 22-25-0
 Away Record 14-37-0
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 92
 Winning Seasons (#2) 52
 Losing Seasons (#2)36
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (1974)
 Most Loses in A Season 10 (1951)
 10 Win Seasons 8
 Most Points Scored in a Game 59 (2001)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 452 (1974)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 60 (1999)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 347 (2019)
 Largest Margin of Victory 56 (9/25/2020)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 55 (1934)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 100 (2001)
 Last Shutout 9/25/2020
 Last Time Shutout 10/30/2020
 Shutouts All-Time 164
 Been Shutout All-Time 117
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 18 (1997-1998)
 Longest Losing 14 (10/28/1950-1951)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 17-23
 Appearances 25
 1st Round 11-14
 2nd Round 3-4
 3rd Round 0-2
 Semi-Finals 1-3
 Finals 2-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  6-4
 2010-19  40-71
 2000-09  43-62
 1990-99 75-36
 1980-89 66-41
 1970-79 85-25-1
 1960-69 55-40-8
 1950-59 39-51-7
 
Next Game
 8/20/2021 (Fri)
 East Nashville
in a Non-Region Game.
Last Time: Father Ryan and East Nashville have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2021 Season
 8/20  vs. East Nashville            
 8/27  @ Brentwood            
 9/3  @ Pope John Paul II   *          
 9/10  vs. Cane Ridge            
 9/17  @ Montgomery Bell Acad   *          
 9/24  @ Bowling Green (KY)            
 10/1  vs. Knoxville Catholic   *          
 10/7  vs. Northeast            
 10/15  @ McCallie   *          
 10/22   OPEN 
 10/29  vs. Baylor   *          
 
2021 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Region Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
 District 1 Standings
  Baylor 0-00-0
  Father Ryan 0-00-0
  Knoxville Catholic 0-00-0
  McCallie 0-00-0
  Montgomery Bell Academy 0-00-0
  Pope John Paul II 0-00-0
Longest Running Rivalry
 Father Ryan & MBA have played 72 games.
Father Ryan has won 24 games.
MBA has won 47 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-59
 10 or more 88-78
 20 or more  79-29
 30 or more 46-2
 40 or more 16-0
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 39-7
 10 or more 50-130
 20 or more 20-120
 30 or more 5-79
 40 or more 1-34
 
Border Wars
 vs. Kentucky 4 - 10 - 2
 vs. Alabama 1 - 0 - 0
 vs. Arkansas 1 - 0 - 0
 
  
 
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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.