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Colbert County Football Team History
Colbert County Indians
Colbert County High School
P.O. Box 429 Leighton, AL 35646
Stadium: C.T. Manley Stadium Colors: Black & Gold Coach: Don Creasy Region: 5A-R14
1987 Season Highlights
Don Creasy enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Colbert County. The Indians won the Class 5A Region 14 Championship.
1987 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Aug. 28 @
Deshler
26
22
W
Fri., Sep. 4 vs.
Russellville
10
16
L (OT)
Fri., Sep. 11 vs.
Hazlewood
7
0
W
Fri., Sep. 18 OPEN Fri., Sep. 25 @
Bradshaw
*
36
0
W
Fri., Oct. 2 vs.
Coffee
28
14
W
Fri., Oct. 9 @
Sheffield
*
20
7
W
Fri., Oct. 16 @
Courtland
17
14
W
Fri., Oct. 23 vs.
Muscle Shoals
*
28
0
W
Fri., Oct. 30 vs.
Erwin
34
12
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 6 vs.
Cullman
38
0
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 13 vs.
Woodlawn
34
0
W
2nd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 20 @
Emma Sansom
21
14
W
3rd Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 27 vs.
Russellville
0
17
L
Semi-finals Playoffs
1987 Season Totals
Record 11-2
Points Scored 299
Scoring Average 23.0
Points Allowed 116
Defense Average 8.9
Opponents Record 94-59
Region Record 3-0
Home Record 6-2
Away Record 5-0
1987 Class 5A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
9/4/1987 1
8 (1-0)
ASWA
10/1/1987 5
9 (3-1)
ASWA
10/7/1987 6
8 (4-1)
ASWA
10/14/1987 7
6 (5-1)
ASWA
10/21/1987 8
6 (6-1)
ASWA
10/28/1987 9
6 (7-1)
ASWA
11/2/1987 Final
5 (8-1)
ASWA
1987 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
No Colbert County Players on File.
1987 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Anthony Whiteside RB
Sr. 5-11 175
1st
ASWA
Clarence Perkins LB
Sr. 6-1 185
1st
ASWA
Don Bowling QB
Sr. 6-3 205
1st
BN
Don Bowling QB
Sr. 6-4 210
1st
ASWA
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