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Decatur Red Raiders

Head Coach: Jere Adcock (twenty-seventh season)
Career Record: 26 seasons, (178-117)
At Decatur: 26 seasons, (178-117)
Stadium: Shorty Ogle Stadium
2022 Enrollment:  800
Rank:  60th in the AHSAA, 28th in Class 6A

 History 
Overall Record:   648-358-27   (64.0%)
Last 25 years:   174-111   (61.0%)  (Rank: 88th in the AHSAA, 16th in Class 6A)
Since 2010:   68-64  (51.5%)  (Rank: 176th in the AHSAA, 30th in Class 6A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2021
Last Region Championship:   2007
Last Winning Season:   2018
Last Losing Season:   2021

 2021 
Class:  6A              Region:   8
Record:  4-7
Region Record:   4-3, (fourth)
Playoff Record:   First round loss to Clay-Chalkville by a score of 42-0.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  257 (23.4)
Defense:  261 (23.7)


 2022 
Class: 6A              Region:   7
Strength of Schedule: 47-56 (46%) (275th in the AHSAA, 53rd in Class 6A)
Region Strength:  30-23 (57%)
Non-Region Strength:  17-33 (34%)

Players to Watch
      Ellis Dickman,  QB
      Jayden Brown,  WR


 2021 Results 
 8/19  @ Russellville  (5A)   15-27   L  
 8/27  vs. Austin  (7A)   13-17   L  
 9/3  vs. Muscle Shoals  (6A)  *  22-24   L  
 9/10  @ Hartselle  (6A)  *  21-42   L  
 9/17  vs. Buckhorn  (6A)  *  16-14   W  
 9/24   OPEN 
 10/1  @ Cullman  (6A)  *  14-17   L  
 10/8  @ Hazel Green  (6A)  *  24-17   W  
 10/15  vs. Columbia  (6A)  *  69-6   W  
 10/22  @ Athens  (6A)  *  56-34   W  
 10/29  vs. Huntsville  (7A)   7-21   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/5  @ Clay-Chalkville    0-42   L  

 2022 Schedule 
 8/19  @ Mae Jemison  (6A)       
 8/26  @ Austin  (7A)       
 9/2  vs. Athens  (6A)  *      
 9/8  @ Cullman  (6A)  *      
 9/16  vs. Hazel Green  (6A)       
 9/23   OPEN 
 9/30  @ Columbia  (6A)  *      
 10/7  vs. Muscle Shoals  (6A)  *      
 10/14  @ Hartselle  (6A)  *      
 10/21  vs. Buckhorn  (6A)       
 10/28  vs. Scottsboro  (5A)       
 11/4  @ Fort Payne        
 11/11  vs. Gardendale        


Class  6A Region  7
Team 2021 Record Scoring                            
Athens (6A) 4-6236-310
Columbia (6A) 0-1030-350
Cullman (6A) 7-4256-172
Decatur (6A) 4-7257-261
Hartselle (6A) 10-1452-187
Muscle Shoals (6A) 9-2419-192

 2022 Preview 


       Decatur completed the 2021 season with a 4-7 record. With their 4-3 region record and a fourth place finish in Class 6A region eight, the Red Raiders earned a spot in the playoffs in 2021. Decatur's season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Clay-Chalkville by a score of 42-0.

       It marked the first time since the 2018 season that the Red Raiders qualified for the playoffs.

       Since 2010, Decatur has gone a combined 68-64. Their 51.5% winning percentage ranks 30th in Class 6A over the past twelve seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Decatur has managed to compile a record of 174-111. Their 61.0% winning percentage ranks 16th in Class 6A and 88th in the AHSAA.




       The Red Raiders are led by head coach Jere Adcock who is entering his twenty-seventh season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 178-117 over the past twenty-six seasons at Decatur. Under his direction the Red Raiders have qualified for the playoffs a total of twenty times. They have won seven region crowns with Coach Adcock.

       Coach Adcock's overall record as a head football coach in twenty-six season stands at 178-117 (60.3%). His 178 wins rank 18th among active coaches in the AHSAA.

       The Decatur Red Raiders will play in Class 6A region seven during the 2022 season. Following realignment, the Red Raiders remain in 6A but move from region eight over to region seven.

       The Red Raiders will be in the mix for one of the last two playoff spots in region seven this season.

       The Red Raiders open the 2022 season on the road against non-region opponent Mae Jemison on Friday, August 19 at Louis Crews Stadium. Last year the Mae Jemison Jaguars finished with an overall record of 2-8 and in fifth place in Class 5A region eight. The Jaguars closed out the regular season with a loss to Pell City by a score of 50-26.

       Decatur and Mae Jemison have met a total of 3 times on the football field. The Red Raiders have a 2-1-0 record against the Jaguars. They last met in with

  


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