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Lamar County Bulldogs

Head Coach: Robert Bradford (second season)
Stadium: George Bell Stadium
Career Record: 7 seasons, (35-39)
At Lamar County: one season, (8-5)
2018 Enrollment:  225
Rank:  265th in the AHSAA, 60th in Class 3A

 History 
Overall Record:   451-446-41   (50.0%)
Last 25 years:   130-136   (49.0%)  (Rank: 189th in the AHSAA, 31st in Class 3A)
Since 2010:   53-38  (58.0%)  (Rank: 134th in the AHSAA, 23rd in Class 3A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2017
Last Region Championship:   2016
Last Winning Season:   2017
Last Losing Season:   2015

 2017 
Class:  2A              Region:   8
Record:  8-5
Region Record:   5-1, (second)
Playoff Record:   Quarter-finals loss to Lanett by a score of 48-7.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  336 (25.8)
Defense:  286 (22.0)


 2018 
Class: 3A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 66-47 (58%) (52nd in the AHSAA, 5th in Class 3A)
Region Strength:  33-40 (45%)
Non-Region Strength:  33-7 (82%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25  vs. South Lamar  (1A)   19-40   L  
 9/1  @ Oakman  (3A)   14-40   L  
 9/8  @ Phil Campbell  (2A)  *  54-12   W  
 9/15  vs. Mars Hill  (2A)  *  28-14   W  
 9/22  @ Hatton  (2A)  *  48-18   W  
 9/29  vs. Berry Fayette  (1A)   49-19   W  
 10/6  vs. Red Bay  (2A)  *  21-12   W  
 10/13   OPEN 
 10/20  @ Sheffield  (2A)  *  30-14   W  
 10/26  vs. Sulligent  (2A)  *  7-27   L  
 11/2  @ Winfield  (4A)   7-28   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/10  vs. Ider    35-7   W  
 11/17  @ Ranburne    17-7   W  
 11/24  vs. Lanett    7-48   L  

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24  @ South Lamar  (1A)       
 8/31  @ Sulligent  (2A)       
 9/7  @ Hale County  (3A)  *      
 9/14  vs. Greene County  (3A)  *      
 9/20  @ Winfield  (3A)  *      
 9/28   OPEN 
 10/5  vs. Carbon Hill  (3A)  *      
 10/12  @ Oakman  (3A)  *      
 10/19  vs. Holt  (3A)  *      
 10/26  @ Gordo  (3A)  *      
 11/2  vs. Maplesville  (1A)       
 11/9  @ Providence Christian        


Class  3A Region  4
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Carbon Hill (3A) 3-7236-343
Gordo (3A) 10-2409-205
Greene County (3A) 5-4264-247
Hale County (4A) 1-9387-258
Holt (4A) 1-944-509
Lamar County (2A) 8-5336-286
Oakman (3A) 8-4311-278
Winfield (4A) 5-5183-182

 2018 Preview 


       Lamar County completed the 2017 season with a 8-5 record. With their 5-1 region record and a second place finish in Class 2A region eight, the Bulldogs earned a spot in the playoffs in 2017. Lamar County lost in the quarter-finals of the playoffs last season to a good Lanett team by a score of 48-7.

       Since 2010, Lamar County has gone a combined 53-38. Their 58.0% winning percentage ranks 23rd in Class 3A over the past eight seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Lamar County has managed to compile a record of 130-136. Their 49.0% winning percentage ranks 31st in Class 3A and 189th in the AHSAA.




       The Bulldogs are led by head coach Robert Bradford who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 8-5 record in his first season at Lamar County. The Bulldogs saw improvement from a 6-5 record the season before coach Bradford arrived. Under his direction the Bulldogs have qualified for the playoffs once. They have not won a region crown with Coach Bradford.

       Coach Bradford's overall record as a head football coach in seven season stands at 35-39 (47.3%). Over the course of his career, Coach Bradford's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of four times .

       The Lamar County Bulldogs will play in Class 3A region four during the 2018 season. The Bulldogs move up in classification to Class 3A. They may find the going slightly tougher with the move. The Bulldogs have one of the toughest schedules in Class 3A. Their opponents had a combined record of 66-47 last season. That ranks 5th in Class 3A and 52nd in the AHSAA.

       The Bulldogs should be considered one of the favorites for the region four championship this season and a home game in the first round of the playoffs.

       The Bulldogs open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent South Lamar on Friday, August 24 at J.C. McAdams Field. Last year the South Lamar Stallions finished with an overall record of 10-4 and in second place in Class 1A region five. The Stallions lost in the semi-finals round of the Class 1A playoffs to Pickens County by a score of 35-7.

       Lamar County and South Lamar have met a total of 40 times on the football field. The Bulldogs have a 20-20-0 record against the Stallions. They last met in 2017 with South Lamar winning by a score of 40-19.

       Lamar County returns 2A All-State  offensive lineman Gable Allred. He was named to the second team last season.

  


Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.