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Athens Football Team History
Athens Golden Eagles
Athens High School
1973 Season Highlights Larry McCoy enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Athens.
1973 Season
Date Opponent Score Fri., Aug. 31 vs.
Hartselle
19
7
W
Fri., Sep. 7 vs.
Decatur
7
21
L
Fri., Sep. 14 @
Grissom
16
10
W
Fri., Sep. 21 vs.
Deshler
35
13
W
Fri., Sep. 28 @
Sheffield
17
28
L
Fri., Oct. 5 @
Austin
21
12
W
Fri., Oct. 12 vs.
Brighton
47
12
W
Fri., Oct. 19 @
Cullman
41
7
W
Fri., Oct. 26 OPEN Fri., Nov. 2 vs. Bradley County TN
40
15
W
1973 Season Totals Record 7-2
Points Scored 243 Scoring Average 27.0 Points Allowed 125 Defense Average 13.9 Opponents Record 43-34
-3
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 3-1
1973 Class 3A Rankings
Date Week Rank Record Votes Source
10/17/1973 7
9 (5-2) AHSAA
10/24/1973 8
7 (6-2) AHSAA
10/30/1973 9
9 (6-2) AHSAA
1973 Player Awards
Player Position Class Ht. Wt. Award Team Source
Sammy Sweetland
G
Sr. 5-11 187
All-Star Game
1973 All State Players
Player Position Class Ht. Wt. Team Source
Jerry Davis C
HM
BN
Sammy Sweetland G
2nd
BN
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