The History of High School Football in Alabama

Welcome to the Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Our goal is to chronicle a complete history of high school football in the state of Alabama. We also provide other important information including coaching records, state wide polls, state championship summaries, region and area records and much more. If you can provide accurate scores or any other information related to our efforts we encourage you to contact us.

Coaching Changes A look at every high school football head coaching change since the end of the 2016 football season. 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A   AISA Current Streaks Winning Streak           25 - Piedmont  Losing Streak           32 - Barbour County  Regular Season Winning Streak           34 - G.W. Long  Region Winning Streak           54 - Tanner  Region Losing Streak           53 - Bullock County  Home Winning Streak           24 - Beauregard  Consecutive Winning Seasons           24 - Gordo  Consecutive Playoff Seasons           34 - Luverne  Consecutive Weeks Top Ten Ranking           186 - Hoover  Consecutive Games Scoring           226 - Fyffe On The Radio Find your favorite team on a local radio station this season. Games on the radio  2016 Season in review AHSFHS.org                                A week by week recap of the 2016 football season. 2015 Season in review AHSFHS.org                               December,  15nd, 2015  A week by week recap of the football season. 2014 Season in review AHSFHS.org                               December,  29nd, 2014  A week by week recap of the football season. Historical Sports Articles AHSFHS.org                               July 18th, 2016       Who are the best football programs that have never won a playoff championship?    The best programs to never win a playoff title.  AHSFHS.org                               July 13th, 2016       What records have the best chance of enduring forever?    Records that will never be broken.  AHSFHS.org                               July 11th, 2016       AHSFHS.org is working to complete rosters for each of the State Championship teams since the playoffs began in 1966.    Championship Team Rosters.  AHSFHS.org                               February,  2nd, 2016       Coaches with the most championships in each sport.    Championship Coaches in Every Sport  AHSFHS.org                               February,  2nd, 2016       Finding the winning coaches in each sport.    Winning Coaches  AHSFHS.org                               February,  1st, 2016       New research and new mythical champions.    More Mythical Champions Found  Article Archives Article Archives - past articles about the history of high school football in Alabama. Other Team Sports on AHSFHS.org Following years of research, in June of 2007 the AHSFHS.org website became a reality. Many people have gotten involved to assist with the research of the schools and teams to make this possible. In 2012 other team sports joined football as a part of our research. Initially AHSFHS.org will include information about the state tournament, all state teams, all tournament teams, player awards, coaches and team records. The additional team sports will include Basketball and Soccer for both boys and girls, Volleyball, Baseball and Softball. Check it out here at WWW.AHSFHS.org/sports

2017 Season Previews        A look at every high school football team as they prepare for the upcoming season. Recent News at AHSFHS.org AHSFHS.org                               August 17th, 2017       The Fastest to 100 Wins.    Which coach got to 100 wins the fastest?  AHSFHS.org                               August 15th, 2017       The Toughest Schedules    Which teams have the toughest schedules this season?  AHSFHS.org                               August 9th, 2017       2017 Preseason Football Poll    The ASWA preseason football rankings are here.  AHSFHS.org                               August 7th, 2017       A ten year anniversary    Can you believe it has been a decade at AHSFHS.org?  AHSFHS.org                               July 25th, 2017       AIAA Schools    How much do you know about the AIAA schools?  AHSFHS.org                               July 17th, 2017       Mississippi High School Football    Something new at AHSFHS.org for our neighboring state.  AHSFHS.org                               July 12th, 2017       New research for the AHSAA schools    New Research for the AHSAA schools.  AHSFHS.org                               July 12th, 2017       New research for the AISA schools    New Research for the AISA schools.  AHSFHS.org                               July 12th, 2017       New research over the Summer.    And you thought we took the summer off.  AHSFHS.org                               May 25th, 2017       The State Champions    All the 2016-2017 state champions.  AHSFHS.org                               May 23rd, 2017       The Final Notebook    Research for Bibb, Chilton and Shelby Counties.  AHSFHS.org                               May 9th, 2017       State Players in the NFL Draft    How Alabama high school football players fared in the recent NFL Draft.  AHSFHS.org                               December 19th, 2016       New Research    New information for the Birmingham area teams now on the website.  Articles ASHFHS.org AHSFHS.org                               August 31st, 2016       Who has the worst football program in the state's history?    A look at the other side of winning.  AHSFHS.org                               July 26th, 2016       What football programs won the most games prior to the playoff system?    The best programs pre-1966.  AHSFHS.org                               July 22nd, 2016       Over the past 100 years a few strange things have occurred in football.    Strange and odd facts.  AHSFHS.org                               July 20th, 2016       Which team put together the most consecutive 10 win seasons?    Consecutive 10 win seasons.  Alabama High School Football        Our latest series is all about the rivalries between two schools. A look at some of the most intense and longest rivalries across the state.        The State's Best Rivalries        Our latest series will look at the undefeated teams and their amazing seasons. A game-by-game summary of the teams that navigated an entire season without losing a game.        The Undefeated Playoff Teams        A series of articles we began last season and will update each year about the men who have roamed the sideline of the Alabama high school football fields over the past 100 years. Find out who are the best of all-time.        The Coaches of Alabama High School Football        Over the past 100 years there are games that have come to define the meaning of the word memorable. Fans remember them for years to come and talk about them forever. We take a look at some of those games in a series on the greatest games in history.        The Greatest Games in High School Football        With the recent talk among college football fans debating whether the current Alabama team is considered a dynasty, we at AHSFHS.org thought it would be great to look back at some of the dynasties in high school football.        The Alabama High School Football Dynasties AHSFHS.org Fan Shop  * This is your chance to show your team colors as a fan of high school football. Shop for hundreds of items with your school's colors and logos at the AHSFHS.org Fan Shop.

ASHFHS.org Progress    You can keep track of our progress in completing teams back through the 1950 season by clicking on the link in the right-hand column called 'Our Progress'. We are working to finish as many teams as possible back through the 1950 season. If you can assist us in this research in any way just let us know. More information     We are also interested in completing the coaches for every team. If you can assist us in any way we will appreciate the help.

The Beginning

The game of American football as played today by high school, college, and professional teams grew out of rugby-style football which in the mid-1870s replaced a largely kicking game known as association football. Although initially played on village greens and on college fields, the first intercollegiate game took place on 6 November 1869 when Rutgers defeated Princeton 6-4 in a soccer-style game. Five years later, Montreal's McGill University playing at Harvard introduced rugby football, which would be rapidly adopted by eastern teams.   *Answers.com