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Douglas Eagles

Head Coach: Bryan Jennings (second season)
Stadium: Authur Jarvis Stadium
Career Record: 9 seasons, (44-52)
At Douglas: one season, (0-10)
2018 Enrollment:  443
Rank:  125th in the AHSAA, 39th in Class 5A

 History 
Overall Record:   142-336-3   (30.0%)
Last 25 years:   64-178   (26.0%)  (Rank: 360th in the AHSAA, 57th in Class 5A)
Since 2010:   22-58  (28.0%)  (Rank: 326th in the AHSAA, 50th in Class 5A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   1998
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2014
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  5A              Region:   7
Record:  0-10    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   0-7, (eighth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  71 (7.1)
Defense:  479 (47.9)


 2018 
Class: 5A              Region:   6
Strength of Schedule: 51-56 (48%) (231st in the AHSAA, 31st in Class 5A)
Region Strength:  37-29 (56%)
Non-Region Strength:  14-27 (34%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  @ D.A.R.  (4A)   7-57   L  
 9/8  @ Etowah  (5A)  *  0-50   L  
 9/15  vs. Scottsboro  (5A)  *  0-35   L  
 9/22  vs. Crossville  (5A)  *  14-61   L  
 9/29  vs. Brindlee Mountain  (3A)   6-25   L  
 10/6  @ Guntersville  (5A)  *  0-51   L  
 10/13  vs. Alexandria  (5A)  *  17-42   L  
 10/20  vs. Arab  (5A)  *  20-43   L  
 10/27  @ Boaz  (5A)  *  0-58   L  
 11/2  @ J.B. Pennington  (3A)   7-57   L  

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24   OPEN 
 8/31  vs. D.A.R.  (4A)       
 9/7  vs. Boaz  (5A)  *      
 9/14  @ Crossville  (5A)  *      
 9/21  @ Sardis  (5A)  *      
 9/28  @ Brindlee Mountain  (3A)       
 10/5  vs. Southside Gadsden  (5A)  *      
 10/12  @ Etowah  (5A)  *      
 10/19  @ Cleveland  (2A)       
 10/26  vs. Alexandria  (5A)  *      
 11/2  vs. St. John Paul II  (4A)       


Class  5A Region  6
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Alexandria (5A) 8-3368-183
Boaz (5A) 3-7227-363
Crossville (5A) 4-7276-402
Douglas (5A) 0-1071-479
Etowah (5A) 11-2380-184
Sardis (4A) 7-4295-222
Southside Gadsden (6A) 4-6205-217

 2018 Preview 


       Douglas finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 0-10 record. Last year Douglas finished eighth in Class 5A region seven with a 0-7 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Eagles lost as many games as in any season since 2006. The Eagles have not qualified for the playoffs since the 1998 season and would love to end that streak this year. They have never won a playoff game in the school's history.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Douglas averaged scoring just 7.1 points a game. The Eagles also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 47.9 points a game.

       The Eagles would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 1-19 record. Since 2010, the Douglas football program has struggled with a record of 22-58.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Douglas has not won much with a record of 64-178. Their 26.0% winning percentage ranks 57th in Class 5A and 360th in the AHSAA. The Eagles have struggled on the football field with only four winning seasons during this time.




       The Eagles are led by head coach Bryan Jennings who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 0-10 record in his first season at Douglas. The Eagles have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Jennings.

       Coach Jennings' overall record as a head football coach in nine season stands at 44-52 (45.8%). Over the course of his career, Coach Jennings' teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of four times and won two region championships.

       The Douglas Eagles will play in Class 5A region six during the 2018 season. Following realignment, the Eagles remain in 5A but move from region seven over to region six.

       The Eagles enter the 2018 season in the middle of a 15 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

       This season, the Eagles will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region six. After not winning a single game last year, the goal at Douglas will be to simply win some games.

       The Eagles open the 2018 season at home against non-region opponent D.A.R. on Friday, August 31 at Authur Jarvis Stadium. Last year the D.A.R. Patriots finished with an overall record of 5-5 and in seventh place in Class 4A region seven. The Patriots ended last season on a positive note with a win over Brindlee Mountain by a score of 50-6 after failing to gain a playoff spot.

       Douglas and D.A.R. have met a total of 16 times on the football field. The Eagles have a 4-12-0 record against the Patriots. They last met in 2017 with D.A.R. winning by a score of 57-7.

  


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