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Fort Payne Football Team History


Fort Payne Wildcats
Fort Payne High School

201 45th St. NE Fort Payne, AL 35967
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Paul Ellis
Region: 5A-R7
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2012 Season Highlights
 Paul Ellis enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Fort Payne.
 The Wildcats won the Class 5A Region 7 Championship.
 
2012 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Thu., Aug. 30  @ North Jackson    27   10   W       
 Fri., Sep. 7  vs. Etowah   *  35   18   W       
 Fri., Sep. 14  @ Arab   *  51   21   W       
 Fri., Sep. 21  vs. Southside Gadsden   *  45   20   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28  @ Lovett School GA    28   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 5  @ Boaz   *  24   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 12  vs. Columbia   *  57   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 19  @ Brewer   *  49   12   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26  @ Scottsboro   *  45   7   W       
 Fri., Nov. 2  @ James Clemens    41   7   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 9  vs. Hartselle    6   14   L       1st Round Playoffs 
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record10-1
  Points Scored408
  Scoring Average37.1
  Points Allowed129
  Defense Average11.7
  Opponents Record48-60
  Region Record7-0
  Home Record3-1
  Away Record7-0
2012 Class 5A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
9/5/20121 10(1-0) ASWA
9/12/20122 9(2-0)63 ASWA
9/19/20123 8(3-0)96 ASWA
9/26/20124 7(4-0)103 ASWA
10/3/20125 6(5-0)152 ASWA
10/10/20126 4(6-0)188 ASWA
10/17/20127 4(7-0)199 ASWA
10/24/20128 3(8-0)215 ASWA
10/31/20129 3(9-0)199 ASWA
11/7/2012Final 2(10-0)269 ASWA
  
2012 Class 5A 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 
Fort Payne 10-14081290-16147-030684  Paul Ellis
Arab 8-32792570-114495-2189157  Watt Parker
Etowah 7-43142250-16495-2238118  Sam McCorkle
Boaz 7-43072180-17414-3214122  Drew Noles
Southside Gadsden 6-42892304-3212175  Marty Smith
Scottsboro 2-82353492-5175240  Swane Morris
Brewer 2-81954431-6119330  Dan Styles
Columbia 1-91634540-7106333  Michael Pryor

2012 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Fort Payne Players on File.

2012 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Brandon HeardOL Sr. HM  ASWA
 Derek WatkinsDL Jr. HM  ASWA
 Logan McPhersonK Sr. 5-11165 1st  ASWA



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