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Russellville Football Team History


Russellville Golden Tigers
Russellville High School

P.O. Box 730 Russellville, AL 35653
Stadium: Tigers Stadium
Colors: Vegas Gold, Black & White
Coach: Don Cox
Region: 5A-R15
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1920  <-- 1987 <- 1988 -> 1989 --> 2024
1988 Season Highlights
 Don Cox enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Russellville.
 Won 34 Consecutive regular season games.
 The Golden Tigers move from Region 13 to Region 15.
 The Golden Tigers finished 2nd in Region 15.
 
1988 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 26  vs. Bradshaw    21   15   W       
 Fri., Sep. 2  @ Colbert County    21   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 9  vs. Hamilton    21   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 16  @ Athens   *  35   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 23  OPEN 
 Fri., Sep. 30  vs. Deshler    10   9   W       
 Fri., Oct. 7  vs. Coffee   *  48   8   W       
 Fri., Oct. 14  @ Hartselle    35   34   W       
 Fri., Oct. 21  vs. Muscle Shoals   *  13   18   L       
 Fri., Oct. 28  @ Demopolis    34   7   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 4  @ North Jackson    13   9   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 11  vs. Haleyville    42   6   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 18  @ Muscle Shoals    14   17   L       3rd Round Playoffs 
 
1988 Season Totals
  Record10-2
  Points Scored307
  Scoring Average25.6
  Points Allowed137
  Defense Average11.4
  Opponents Record82-57
  Region Record2-1
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record5-1
1988 Class 5A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
8/10/1988PS 2 ASWA
8/31/19881 2(1-0) ASWA
9/7/19882 2(2-0) ASWA
9/14/19883 2(2-0) ASWA
9/21/19884 2(3-0) ASWA
9/28/19885 2(4-0) ASWA
10/5/19886 2(5-0) ASWA
10/12/19887 2(6-0) ASWA
10/19/19888 2(7-0) ASWA
10/26/19889 6(7-1) ASWA
11/3/1988Final 5(8-1) ASWA
  
1988 Class 5A Region 15 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Muscle Shoals 12-22371673-169602-15956  Marc Rice
Russellville 10-23071372-169322-19633  Don Cox
Coffee 3-71522131-26097  Jim Hartley
Athens 4-61501651-24877  Garner Ezell

1988 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Russellville Players on File.

1988 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Darryl GreenRB Sr.5-9175 HM  BN
 Darryl GreenRB Sr.5-9175 1st  ASWA
 Steve HollingsworthDL Sr.5-10165 1st  ASWA
 Steve HollingsworthDL Sr.5-10165 1st  BN



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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.