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Vestavia Hills Football Team History

Vestavia Hills Rebels

Vestavia Hills High School

2235 Limerock Rd. Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
Stadium: Reynolds Stadium, Buddy Anderson Field
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Buddy Anderson
Region: 4A-R7

1970 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Buddy Anderson enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Vestavia Hills.

First 10 win season.

The Rebels move from Region 6 to Region 7.

The Rebels won the Class 4A Region 7 Championship.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Aug. 26	vs. Mountain Brook *	0	3	L
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Walker	7	14	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Hewitt-Trussville *	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Minor	15	14	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Berry	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. John Carroll	12	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Homewood *	21	14	W
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Shades Valley *	35	21	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Erwin *	24	7	W
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Talladega	20	14	W (OT)
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. Tuscaloosa County	17	10	W		1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 17	@ Banks	22	0	W	Legion Field	2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 24	@ J.O. Johnson	27	25	W (OT)		Semi-finals Playoffs
Sat., Dec. 2	Jeff Davis	7	21	L	Legion Field	Championship Game

1978 Season Totals
Record	10-4
Points Scored	235
Scoring Average	16.8
Points Allowed	164
Defense Average	11.7
Opponents Record	100-48 -2
Region Record	4-1
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	5-2

1978 Class 4A Rankings
Date	Week	Rank	Record	Votes	Source
Vestavia Hills was not ranked.

1978 Class 4A Region 7 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			Region/Area Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Vestavia Hills	10-4	235	164	3-1	73	56	4-1	94	45	Buddy Anderson
Erwin	8-2	208	125				3-1	93	51	Bobby Johns
Mountain Brook	4-6	117	142				3-2	69	66	Leo Wright
Shades Valley	5-5	168	223				3-2	101	96	Robert Higginbotham
Homewood	1-9	75	159				1-4	56	91	Gary Rutledge
Hewitt-Trussville	1-7-1	69	191				0-5	28	124	Chip Stewart

1978 Player Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Gib McEachran	SE	Sr.	5-10	175	All-Star Game
Jim Brown	TE	Sr.	6-3	200	All-Star Game
Ry Ogilvie	E	Sr.	6-2	185	All Southern		Orlando Sentinel
Ry Ogilvie	E	Sr.	6-2	185	Super All-State		Bham News

1978 All State Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Jim Brown	E	Sr.	6-3	200	2nd	BN
Jim Brown	E	Sr.	6-3	200	1st	MA
John Murphy	B				HM	BN
John Murphy	B				HM	BPH
Ry Ogilvie	B	Sr.	6-2	185	HM	BPH
Ry Ogilvie	E	Sr.	6-2	185	1st	BN
Ry Ogilvie	DB	Sr.	6-2	185	1st	MA

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