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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Florala Football Team History


Florala Wildcats
Florala High School

P.O. Box 218 Florala, AL 36442
Stadium: Matthews Stadium
Colors: Green, Gold & White
Coach: Mike Sasser
Region: 2A-R3
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1914  <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024
1979 Season Highlights
 Mike Sasser enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Florala.
 The Wildcats won the Class 2A Region 3 Championship.
 
1979 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 7  @ Geneva County    12   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 14  vs. Opp    14   20   L       
 Fri., Sep. 21  vs. Georgiana   *  20   14   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28  @ Evergreen    13   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 5  @ Crestview FL    0   30   L       
 Fri., Oct. 12  vs. Straughn   *  25   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 19  @ Pike County    25   17   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26  @ Citronelle    20   7   W       
 Fri., Nov. 2  vs. Luverne   *  20   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 9  vs. Samson   *  34   0   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 16  @ Geneva County    7   0   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 23  vs. Southern Choctaw    13   21   L       2nd Round Playoffs 
 
1979 Season Totals
  Record9-3
  Points Scored203
  Scoring Average16.9
  Points Allowed135
  Defense Average11.3
  Opponents Record65-49 -1
  Region Record4-0
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record5-1
1979 Class 2A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
 Florala was not ranked.
  
1979 Class 2A Region 3 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Florala 9-32031351-120214-09927  Mike Sasser
Luverne 7-32371033-211056  Glenn Daniel
Georgiana 7-2-1186622-26243  Roland Pettie
Goshen 8-22151382-26983  Bob Boothe
New Brockton 9-12521081-12928  Leavy Boutwell
Samson 3-7901681-34174  Jim Gibbs
Straughn 4-6971971-545171  R.C. Poole

1979 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Florala Players on File.

1979 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Charles StevensonLB Sr.6-1210 2nd  BN
 Charles StevensonLB Sr.6-1210 1st  MA
 DeWayne HooksE Sr.5-9140 1st  MA



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