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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-R15
1986 Season Highlights
Garner Ezell enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Athens. The Golden Eagles won the Class 5A Region 15 Championship.
1986 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Aug. 29 @
Decatur
23
12
W
Fri., Sep. 5 vs.
Grissom
14
7
W
Fri., Sep. 12 @
Brewer
39
18
W
Fri., Sep. 19 @
Muscle Shoals
14
0
W
Fri., Sep. 26 @
Guntersville
*
19
10
W
Fri., Oct. 3 vs.
Scottsboro
34
7
W
Fri., Oct. 10 vs.
Bob Jones
27
39
L
Fri., Oct. 17 vs.
Bradshaw
29
6
W
Fri., Oct. 24 vs.
Sparkman
*
33
0
W
Fri., Oct. 31 @
Hartselle
*
43
10
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 7 vs.
Southside Gadsden
15
3
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 14 vs.
Gadsden
9
10
L
2nd Round Playoffs
1986 Season Totals
Record 10-2
Points Scored 299
Scoring Average 24.9
Points Allowed 122
Defense Average 10.2
Opponents Record 58-70
Region Record 3-0
Home Record 5-2
Away Record 5-0
1986 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
9/10/1986 2
10 (2-0)
ASWA
9/17/1986 3
8 (3-0)
ASWA
9/24/1986 4
8 (4-0)
ASWA
10/1/1986 5
6 (5-0)
ASWA
10/8/1986 6
5 (6-0)
ASWA
10/15/1986 7
8 (6-1)
ASWA
10/22/1986 8
7 (7-1)
ASWA
10/29/1986 9
6 (8-1)
ASWA
11/6/1986 Final
4 (9-1)
ASWA
1986 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
No Athens Players on File.
1986 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Carlos Franklin WR
Jr.
HM
ASWA
Chris Searcy DB
Sr. 6-0 175
1st
ASWA
Robert Alexander RB
Jr. 6-0 175
1st
ASWA
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