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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
1987 Season Highlights
Garner Ezell enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Athens. The Golden Eagles won the Class 5A Region 15 Championship.
1987 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Aug. 28 vs.
Decatur
27
0
W
Fri., Sep. 4 vs.
Grissom
18
0
W
Fri., Sep. 11 vs.
Brewer
41
7
W
Fri., Sep. 18 vs.
Muscle Shoals
46
0
W
Fri., Sep. 25 vs.
Guntersville
*
21
0
W
Fri., Oct. 2 @
Scottsboro
34
0
W
Fri., Oct. 9 @
Bob Jones
47
0
W
Fri., Oct. 16 @
Bradshaw
34
22
W
Fri., Oct. 23 @
Sparkman
*
55
12
W
Fri., Oct. 30 vs.
Hartselle
*
27
6
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 6 vs.
Etowah
13
3
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 13 vs.
Pell City
7
27
L
2nd Round Playoffs
1987 Season Totals
Record 11-1
Points Scored 370
Scoring Average 30.8
Points Allowed 77
Defense Average 6.4
Opponents Record 66-63
Region Record 3-0
Home Record 7-1
Away Record 4-0
1987 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
8/12/1987 PS
4
ASWA
9/4/1987 1
2 (1-0)
ASWA
9/11/1987 2
2 (2-0)
ASWA
9/18/1987 3
2 (3-0)
ASWA
9/25/1987 4
2 (4-0)
ASWA
10/1/1987 5
2 (5-0)
ASWA
10/7/1987 6
2 (6-0)
ASWA
10/14/1987 7
2 (7-0)
ASWA
10/21/1987 8
2 (8-0)
ASWA
10/28/1987 9
2 (9-0)
ASWA
11/2/1987 Final
2 (10-0)
ASWA
1987 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Barry Hampton OL
Sr.
HM
BN
Brad Campbell OL
6-4 220
1st
ASWA
Bryant Malone LB
HM
ASWA
Carlos Franklin WR
Sr. 5-9 153
1st
ASWA
Robert Anderson RB
Sr. 6-0 180
1st
ASWA
Robert Anderson RB
Sr. 6-0 195
1st
BN
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