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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Elba Football Team History


Elba Tigers
Elba High School

371 Tiger Drive Elba, AL 36323
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Mack Wood
Region: 3A-R3
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1922  <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024
1977 Season Highlights
 Mack Wood enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Elba.
 The Tigers finished 3rd in Region 3.
 
1977 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 26  vs. Pike County    21   18   W       
 Fri., Sep. 2  vs. Geneva   *  32   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 9  @ Luverne    35   19   W       
 Fri., Sep. 16  @ Opp   *  0   25   L       
 Fri., Sep. 23  vs. Dale County   *  21   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 30  @ Enterprise    7   25   L       
 Fri., Oct. 7  vs. Charles Henderson   *  20   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 14  @ Ashford   *  34   27   W       
 Fri., Oct. 21  @ Eufaula    0   19   L       
 Fri., Oct. 28  vs. Andalusia   *  9   28   L       
 
1977 Season Totals
  Record6-4
  Points Scored179
  Scoring Average17.9
  Points Allowed182
  Defense Average18.2
  Opponents Record64-40
  Region Record4-2
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record2-3
1977 Class 3A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
 Elba was not ranked.
  
1977 Class 3A Region 3 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Andalusia 14-0422764-083145-016342  Don Sharpe
Opp 8-2181814-18845  Randy Griffin
Elba 6-41791824-2116101  Mack Wood
Ashford 4-61331772-478133  Crawford Drake
Charles Henderson 3-71611871-46579  William Davis
Geneva 1-91172810-539150  Max Griffin
Dale County 7-318796  John Glasscock

1977 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Elba Players on File.

1977 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 DyessB HM  BN
 Larry Phillips HM  MA
 Russ WoodE Sr.6-3200 3rd  BPH
 Russ WoodE Sr.6-3200 HM  BN



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