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Goodwater Football Team History


Goodwater Yellow Jackets
Goodwater High School

P.O. Box 118 Goodwater, AL 35160
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: David Touart
Region: 1A-R9
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1981 Season Highlights
 David Touart enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Goodwater.
 First playoff win.
 First 12 win season.
 First 10-0 regular season.
 The Yellow Jackets won the Class 1A Region 9 Championship.
 TheYellow Jackets set a team record by scoring 387 points.
 The Yellow Jackets set a team record by winning 12 games.
 
1981 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 28  @ Woodland    28   8   W       
 Fri., Sep. 4  vs. Beulah    62   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 11  vs. New Site   *  48   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 18  @ Wadley   *  12   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 25  vs. Lineville    41   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 2  @ Clay County    20   3   W       
 Fri., Oct. 9  @ Loachapoka    20   8   W       
 Fri., Oct. 16  @ Lyman Ward    42   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 23  @ Bibb Graves   *  46   18   W       
 Fri., Oct. 30  vs. Coosa County   *  21   12   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 13  @ Ranburne    20   8   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 20  vs. Sand Rock    21   0   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 27  vs. Hazlewood    6   28   L       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 
1981 Season Totals
  Record12-1
  Points Scored387
  Scoring Average29.8
  Points Allowed118
  Defense Average9.1
  Opponents Record68-65
  Region Record4-0
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record7-0
1981 Class 1A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
10/7/19816 10(6-0) ASWA
10/14/19817 10(7-0) ASWA
10/21/19818 9(8-0) ASWA
10/28/19819 8(9-0) ASWA
11/4/198110 8(10-0) ASWA
11/9/1981Final 8(10-0) ASWA
  
1981 Class 1A Region 9 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Goodwater 12-13871182-147364-012743  David Touart
Coosa County 8-22051243-18741  Calvin McKinney
Bibb Graves 4-61622472-25899  Jim Gibbs
Wadley 4-61541421-35954  Hugh Lee Morris
New Site 2-8852380-423117  Mike Boyd

1981 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Tommie Kelley RB All Southern  Orlando Sentinel

1981 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Tommie KelleyRB Sr.170 1st  BN



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