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Fort Payne Yearly Summary

Fort Payne Wildcats

Fort Payne High School

201 45th St. NE Fort Payne, AL 35967
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Chris Elmore
Region: 6A-R8

			Overall			Playoffs			Region/Area Record
	Class	(Note 1)	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Region	Title	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
2024	6A	*	0-0	0	0				R8					Chris Elmore
2023	6A	*	7-5	449	362	1-1	55	69	R8		3-2	202	153	Chris Elmore
2022	6A	*	8-3	296	174	0-1	8	31	R8		4-1	165	59	Chris Elmore
2021	6A	*	6-5	284	249	0-1	12	35	R7		4-2	157	105	Chris Elmore
2020	6A	*	8-3	312	283	0-1	24	52	R7		5-1	191	151	Chris Elmore
2019	6A	*	9-3	360	283	1-1	34	65	R8	#	5-0	174	106	Chris Elmore
2018	6A	*	6-5	306	267	0-1	14	21	R8	#	5-0	204	128	Chris Elmore
2017	6A	*	6-5	245	199	0-1	21	28	R7		3-3	116	95	Paul Ellis
2016	6A	*	2-8	183	296				R7		1-5	97	199	Paul Ellis
2015	6A	*	8-3	330	199	0-1	26	30	R7	#	6-0	190	77	Paul Ellis
2014	6A	*	7-4	226	195	0-1	3	24	R7		5-1	165	84	Paul Ellis
2013	5A	*	6-5	270	203	0-1	7	35	R7		4-3	167	99	Paul Ellis
2012	5A	*	10-1	408	129	0-1	6	14	R7	#	7-0	306	84	Paul Ellis
2011	5A	*	10-2	395	144	1-1	31	36	R7		6-1	250	68	Paul Ellis
2010	5A	*	12-1	493	158	2-1	79	62	R7	#	7-0	296	66	Paul Ellis
2009	5A	*	8-3	293	236	0-1	20	38	R7	#	6-1	196	125	Paul Ellis
2008	5A	*	7-4	292	165	0-1	31	35	R7		5-2	199	87	Paul Ellis
2007	5A	*	11-1	518	223	1-1	55	48	R7	#	7-0	342	114	Paul Ellis
2006	5A	*	11-1	432	276	1-1	46	73	R7	#	7-0	269	155	Paul Ellis
2005	5A	*	4-6	201	228				R7		2-5	119	173	Paul Ellis
2004	5A	*	7-4	240	169	0-1	0	7	R7		4-3	158	146	Paul Ellis
2003	5A	*	6-5	305	160	0-1	23	28	R6		4-3	184	96	Dale Pruitt
2002	5A	*	7-3	216	185				R6		4-3	117	140	Dale Pruitt
2001	5A	*	5-5	203	223				R7		4-3	152	126	Dale Pruitt
2000	5A	*	2-8	132	309				R7		1-6	108	229	Mike Hand
1999	5A	*	2-8	107	258				R15		0-5	26	135	Mike Hand
1998	5A	*	5-5	232	197				R15		2-3	120	117	Jerry Elmore
1997	5A	*	7-3	274	192				R14		2-1	77	67	Jerry Elmore
1996	5A	*	4-6	247	333				R14		0-3	63	112	Jerry Elmore
1995	5A	*	5-5	113	136				R13		1-2	38	41	Jerry Elmore
1994	5A	*	5-5	197	159				R13		1-2	52	64	Jerry Elmore
1993	5A	*	6-6	199	185	1-1	36	20	R14	#	2-0	62	22	Jerry Elmore
1992	5A	*	8-4	306	262	1-1	20	19	R14	#	2-0	61	23	Jerry Elmore
1991	5A	*	4-6	179	176				R12		1-2	40	60	Jerry Elmore
1990	5A	*	7-3	222	158				R12		1-2	62	83	Jerry Elmore
1989	5A	*	6-4	265	167				R12		1-2	59	28	Jerry Elmore
1988	5A	*	8-3	254	158	0-1	0	7	R12	#	3-0	69	44	Jerry Elmore
1987	5A	*	6-4	166	92				R16		2-2	74	50	Jerry Elmore
1986	5A	*	7-3	231	129				R16		2-2	68	55	Jerry Elmore
1985	5A	*	10-2	260	156	1-1	28	40	R14	#	3-0	90	60	Jerry Elmore
1984	5A	*	7-4	254	145	0-1	35	38	R14	#	2-1	70	39	Jerry Elmore
1983	3A	*	2-9	106	224				R12		1-6	61	170	Perry Coggin
1982	3A	*	5-5	203	172				R12		2-5	126	144	Perry Coggin
1981	3A	*	2-8	161	221				R12		2-5	132	175	Perry Coggin
1980	3A	*	4-6	147	179				R12		2-5	109	121	Joel Foshee
1979	3A	*	4-6	122	163				R12		3-4	70	108	Joel Foshee
1978	3A	*	3-6-1	85	142				R12		1-5	58	112	James Stanfield
1977	3A	*	1-9	70	213				R12		1-5	56	128	James Stanfield
1976	3A	*	6-4	188	154				R12		5-2	142	131	David Beddingfield
1975	3A	*	3-6-1	105	229				R12					David Beddingfield
1974	3A	*	6-4	127	145				R12					David Beddingfield
1973	3A	*	0-10	71	252									George Hoblitzell
1972	3A	*	8-2	222	33									Nelson Ellis
1971	3A	*	8-2	242	108									Nelson Ellis
1970	3A	*	6-3-1	158	108									Nelson Ellis
1969	3A	*	0-9-1	75	289									Dale Cook
1968	3A	*	2-8	77	247									Dale Cook
1967	3A	*	5-5	170	133									Vernon Wells
1966	3A	*	3-6-1	89	215									Vernon Wells
1965	3A	*	7-2	130	22									Vernon Wells
1964	3A	*	9-1	212	72									Vernon Wells
1963	3A	*	8-2	208	59									Vernon Wells
1962		*	9-0-1	257	53									Vernon Wells
1961		*	7-2-1	208	94									Vernon Wells
1960		*	4-5-1	140	134									Vernon Wells
1959		*	6-3-1	255	156									Vernon Wells
1958		*	7-3	178	69									Vernon Wells
1957		*	6-4	188	156									James Porch
1956		*	1-8-1	71	180									M.T. Payne
1955		*	5-3-2	154	139									Rufe Evans
1954		*	8-2	241	86									Rufe Evans
1953		*	2-8	105	203									Rufe Evans
1952		*	4-5-1	109	162									Bill Trussell
1951		*	5-5	147	155									Bill Trussell
1950		*	5-4-1	128	112									Falton LeCroy
1949		*	8-2	180	72									Falton LeCroy
1948		*	7-3	156	96									Falton LeCroy
1947		*	6-3-1	112	86									James Barlow
1946		*	6-3	185	95									James Barlow
1945		*	4-4-1	45	119									Bill Garrett/ Doc Bagley
1944		*	5-2-2	116	83									F.L. Bulldog Johnson
1943		*	8-0-1	278	24									F.L. Bulldog Johnson
1942		*	7-1	122	33									F.L. Bulldog Johnson
1941		*	7-2	230	25									Howard
1940		*	5-3-1	120	90									Dewitt Dunn
1939		*	6-3	137	78									Dewitt Dunn
1938		*	7-2	156	48									Ralph Gandy
1937		*	7-2	222	37									Dick Hamner
1936		*	6-2-1	125	33									Dick Hamner
1935		*	9-0	218	34									Dick Hamner
1934		*	7-2	124	29									Dick Hamner
1933		*	4-4	55	91									R.L. Thompson
1932		*	5-3-1	98	53									R.L. Thompson
1931		*	1-7-2	38	130									R.L. Thompson
1930		*	6-4	144	53									R.L. Thompson
1929		*	6-2-1	71	33									R.L. Thompson
1928		*	3-7-1	61	111									Thompson Kearley
1927		*	4-5	75	139									Thompson Kearley
1926		*	3-4	54	67									Dwight Speed Keith
1925		*	6-2-1	119	42									Simmons
1924		*	9-1	252	40									Jerald Red Farr
1923			3-3-2	38	103									Jerald Red Farr
1922		*	3-3-1	44	64									Jerald Red Farr

Note 1: Seasons are deemed to be complete if we have scores for every game that year.

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