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Athens Football Team History
Athens Golden Eagles
Athens High School
P.O. Box 109 Athens, AL 35612
Stadium: Athens Stadium Colors: Black & Old Gold Coach: Garner Ezell Region: 5A-R16
1994 Season Highlights
Garner Ezell enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Athens. The Golden Eagles won the Class 5A Region 16 Championship.
1994 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 2 @
Decatur
20
13
W
Fri., Sep. 9 vs. Milan TN
21
14
W
Fri., Sep. 16 @
Butler
15
12
W
Fri., Sep. 23 @
North Jackson
6
8
L
Fri., Sep. 30 @ Sparta TN
44
8
W
Fri., Oct. 7 vs.
Bradshaw
17
14
W
Fri., Oct. 14 vs.
Austin
21
7
W
Fri., Oct. 21 vs.
Coffee
*
19
0
W
Fri., Oct. 28 @
Lee Huntsville
17
13
W
Fri., Nov. 4 @
Muscle Shoals
*
42
10
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 11 vs.
Erwin
20
14
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 18 vs.
North Jackson
31
7
W
2nd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 25 @
Russellville
14
36
L
3rd Round Playoffs
1994 Season Totals
Record 11-2
Points Scored 287
Scoring Average 22.1
Points Allowed 156
Defense Average 12.0
Opponents Record 61-59
Region Record 2-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 5-2
1994 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
9/9/1994 1
7 (1-0)
ASWA
9/16/1994 2
6 (2-0)
ASWA
9/23/1994 3
4 (3-0)
ASWA
9/29/1994 4
10 (3-1)
ASWA
10/6/1994 5
8 (4-1)
ASWA
10/13/1994 6
6 (5-1)
ASWA
10/20/1994 7
6 (6-1)
ASWA
10/27/1994 8
6 (7-1)
ASWA
11/3/1994 9
7 (8-1)
ASWA
11/10/1994 Final
7 (9-1)
ASWA
1994 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
No Athens Players on File.
1994 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Ben Owen OL
Sr.
HM
ASWA
Jason McLin DL
Sr.
HM
BN
Jason McLin DL
Sr.
HM
ASWA
Michael Bridgeforth RB
Jr. 5-6 155
1st
ASWA
Michael Bridgeforth RB
Jr. 5-8 180
1st
BN
Will Haynes DB
Sr.
HM
BN
Will Haynes DB
Sr.
HM
ASWA
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