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Brilliant Tigers

Head Coach: Brian Gunnels (second season)
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Career Record: 1 season, (2-8)
At Brilliant: one season, (2-8)
2018 Enrollment:  47
Rank:  381st in the AHSAA, 57th in Class 1A

 History 
Overall Record:   362-447-27   (45.0%)
Last 25 years:   82-165   (33.0%)  (Rank: 324th in the AHSAA, 50th in Class 1A)
Since 2010:   18-64  (22.0%)  (Rank: 353rd in the AHSAA, 54th in Class 1A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2013
Last Region Championship:   2001
Last Winning Season:   2013
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  1A              Region:   5
Record:  2-8
Region Record:   0-6, (seventh)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  109 (10.9)
Defense:  420 (42.0)


 2018 
Class: 1A              Region:   6
Strength of Schedule: 54-58 (48%) (233rd in the AHSAA, 27th in Class 1A)
Region Strength:  48-34 (58%)
Non-Region Strength:  6-24 (20%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25  vs. Lynn  (1A)   6-47   L  
 9/1  @ Vina  (1A)   14-12   W  
 9/8  @ Berry Fayette  (1A)  *  14-41   L  
 9/15  vs. Holy Spirit  (1A)  *  0-54   L  
 9/22  @ Marion County  (1A)  *  14-34   L  
 9/29  @ Southeastern  (1A)   21-41   L  
 10/5  vs. Pickens County  (1A)  *  0-73   L  
 10/13  @ Alabama School Deaf    26-22   W  
 10/20  @ South Lamar  (1A)  *  0-62   L  
 10/26  vs. Hubbertville  (1A)  *  14-34   L  
 11/2   OPEN 

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24   OPEN 
 8/31  vs. Vina  (1A)       
 9/7  vs. Pickens County  (1A)  *      
 9/14  @ Marion County  (1A)  *      
 9/21  vs. Lynn  (1A)  *      
 9/28  @ Tharptown  (2A)       
 10/4  @ Meek  (1A)  *      
 10/12  vs. Berry Fayette  (1A)  *      
 10/19  @ Hubbertville  (1A)  *      
 10/26  vs. South Lamar  (1A)  *      
 11/2  @ Waterloo  (1A)       


Class  1A Region  6
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Berry Fayette (1A) 3-7133-296
Brilliant (1A) 2-8109-420
Hubbertville (1A) 3-7176-311
Lynn (1A) 11-1387-171
Marion County (1A) 2-8228-419
Meek (1A) 7-4341-235
Pickens County (1A) 12-3492-161
South Lamar (1A) 10-4440-285

 2018 Preview 


       Brilliant finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 2-8 record. Last year Brilliant finished seventh in Class 1A region five with a 0-6 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Brilliant averaged scoring just 10.9 points a game. The Tigers also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 42.0 points a game.

       The Tigers would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 2-18 record. Since 2010, the Brilliant football program has struggled with a record of 18-64.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Brilliant has not won much with a record of 82-165. Their 33.0% winning percentage ranks 50th in Class 1A and 324th in the AHSAA.




       The Tigers are led by head coach Brian Gunnels who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 2-8 record in his first season at Brilliant. The Tigers saw improvement from a 0-10 record the season before coach Gunnels arrived. The Tigers have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Gunnels.

       Coach Gunnels' overall record as a head football coach in one season stands at 2-8 (20.0%).

       The Brilliant Tigers will play in Class 1A region six during the 2018 season. Following realignment, the Tigers remain in 1A but move from region five over to region six.

       This season, the Tigers will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region six. Brilliant simply does not have the numbers to be competitive on the football field at this time. With just 47 students, the Tigers are one of the smallest schools playing the game and have little chance of being successful.

      

       The Tigers open the 2018 season at home against non-region opponent Vina on Friday, August 31 at Tiger Stadium. Last year the Vina Red Devils finished with an overall record of 1-9 and in fifth place in Class 1A region eight.

       Brilliant and Vina have met a total of 25 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 21-4-0 record against the Red Devils. They last met in 2017 with Brilliant winning by a score of 14-12.

  


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