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Marion County Football Team History
Marion County Red Raiders
Marion County High School
P.O. Box 549 Guin, AL 35563
Stadium: Don Jones Field at Bill Rayburn Staduim Colors: Red & White Coach: Barry Peoples Region: 1A-R9
1997 Season Highlights
Barry Peoples enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Marion County. The Red Raiders won the Class 1A Region 9 Championship.
1997 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 5 vs.
Hackleburg
7
14
L (OT)
Fri., Sep. 12 @
Meek
7
3
W
Fri., Sep. 19 vs.
Addison
7
0
W
Fri., Sep. 26 OPEN Fri., Oct. 3 @
Berry Fayette
*
28
6
W
Fri., Oct. 10 @
Winfield
28
7
W
Fri., Oct. 17 vs.
Hubbertville
*
21
18
W
Fri., Oct. 24 vs.
Carbon Hill
34
14
W
Fri., Oct. 31 @
Phillips Bear Creek
27
0
W
Fri., Nov. 7 @
Brilliant
*
3
0
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 14 vs.
Lynn
28
6
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 21 @
Meek
6
0
W
2nd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 28 @
Parrish
7
27
L
3rd Round Playoffs
1997 Season Totals
Record 10-2
Points Scored 203
Scoring Average 16.9
Points Allowed 95
Defense Average 7.9
Opponents Record 66-66
Region Record 3-0
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 6-1
1997 Class 1A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
10/16/1997 6
10 (4-1)
ASWA
10/23/1997 7
8 (5-1)
ASWA
10/30/1997 8
7 (6-1)
ASWA
11/6/1997 9
6 (7-1)
ASWA
11/13/1997 Final
8 (8-1)
ASWA
1997 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
No Marion County Players on File.
1997 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Alan Duvall OL
Sr. 6-0 200
HM
ASWA
Alan Duvall DL
Sr. 6-0 200
1st
BN
P.J. Hall DB
Jr. 5-10 195
1st
BN
P.J. Hall DB
Jr. 5-10 160
1st
ASWA
Ryan Adkins P
Jr.
HM
BN
Ryan Adkins P
Jr.
HM
ASWA
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