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Hokes Bluff Eagles

Head Coach: Michael Robertson (twenty-first season)
Stadium: Eagle Stadium
Career Record: 20 seasons, (124-96)
At Hokes Bluff: 20 seasons, (124-96)
2014 Enrollment:  320
Rank:  190th in the AHSAA, 40th in Class 4A

 History 
Overall Record:   405-370-23   (52.0%)
Last 25 years:   153-119   (56.0%)  (Rank: 118th in the AHSAA, 15th in Class 4A)
Since 2010:   17-43  (28.0%)  (Rank: 318th in the AHSAA, 53rd in Class 4A)
Last Region Championship:   1999

 2015 
Class:  4A              Region:   6
Record:  2-8
Region Record:   2-5, (sixth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  167 (16.7)
Defense:  331 (33.1)


 2016 
Class: 4A              Region:   5
Strength of Schedule: 51-55 (48%) (230th in the AHSAA, 40th in Class 4A)
Region Strength:  34-41 (45%)
Non-Region Strength:  17-14 (55%)



 2015 Results 
 8/21   OPEN 
 8/27  vs. Southside Gadsden  (6A)   14-49   L  
 9/4  @ White Plains  (4A)  *  27-20   W  
 9/11  vs. Crossville  (4A)  *  27-13   W  
 9/18  @ Sardis  (4A)  *  7-28   L  
 9/25  @ Glencoe  (3A)   7-42   L  
 10/2  vs. Cherokee County  (4A)  *  17-48   L  
 10/9  @ Saks  (4A)  *  21-35   L  
 10/16  vs. Jacksonville  (4A)  *  20-47   L  
 10/23  @ Cleburne County  (4A)  *  7-28   L  
 10/29  vs. Locust Fork  (4A)   20-21   L  

 2016 Schedule 
 8/19   OPEN 
 8/25  @ Southside Gadsden  (6A)       
 9/2  @ Cherokee County  (4A)  *      
 9/9  vs. Jacksonville  (4A)  *      
 9/16  @ White Plains  (4A)  *      
 9/23  vs. Glencoe  (3A)       
 9/30  vs. Oneonta  (4A)  *      
 10/7  @ Ashville  (4A)  *      
 10/14  vs. Anniston  (4A)  *      
 10/21  @ Saks  (4A)  *      
 10/28  vs. Westbrook Christian  (2A)       
 11/4  @ Haleyville        
 11/11  vs. North Jackson        
 11/18  @ Cherokee County        
 11/25  vs. Madison Academy        


Class  4A Region  5
Team 2015 Record Scoring                            
Anniston 4-6186-166
Ashville 3-7284-376
Cherokee County 7-5400-298
Hokes Bluff 2-8167-331
Jacksonville 6-5318-297
Oneonta 5-6272-245
Saks 8-3473-260
White Plains 1-9126-368

 2016 Preview 


       Last year Hokes Bluff finished sixth in Class 4A region 6 with a 2-5 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       Since 2010, Hokes Bluff has gone a combined 17-43. Their 28.0% winning percentage ranks 53rd in Class 4A over the past six seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Hokes Bluff has managed to compile a record of 153-119. Their 56.0% winning percentage ranks 15th in Class 4A and 118th in the AHSAA.

       The Eagles are led by head coach Michael Robertson who is entering his twentieth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 124-96 over the past twenty seasons at Hokes Bluff. Under his direction the Eagles have qualified for the playoffs a total of eleven times. They have won one region crown with Coach Robertson.

       Coach Robertson's overall record as a head football coach in twenty seasons stands at 124-96 (56.4%). His 124 wins rank 38th among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach Robertson's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of eleven times and won one region championship.

       The Eagles enter the 2016 season in the middle of a 7 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

      The Hokes Bluff Eagles will play in Class 4A region 5 during the 2016 season. Following realignment, the Eagles remain in 4A but move from region 6 over to region 5.

       It will be an uphill battle for the Eagles if they hope to grab one of the four playoff slots in Region 5 this season.

       The Eagles open the 2016 season on the road against non-region opponent Southside Gadsden on Thursday, August 25 at Barney Hood Stadium. Last year the Southside Gadsden Panthers finished with an overall record of 5-5 and in fifth place in Class 6A region 7. The closed out the regular season with a loss to OPEN by a score of 999-999.

       Hokes Bluff and Southside Gadsden have met a total of 74 times on the football field. The Eagles have a 39-32-3 record against the Panthers. They last met in 2023 with Southside Gadsden winning by a score of 37-12.

  








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