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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Foley Football Team History


Foley Lions
Foley High School

1 Pride Drive Foley, AL 36535
Stadium: Ivan Jones Stadium
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Lester Smith
Region: 4A-R2
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1924  <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024
1979 Season Highlights
 Lester Smith enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Foley.
 The Lions finished 2nd in Region 2.
 
1979 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Thu., Aug. 30  @ Robertsdale    40   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 7  vs. Mary Montgomery    21   8   W       
 Fri., Sep. 21  vs. Vigor    44   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28  vs. Williamson   *  26   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Toulminville   *  28   0   W    Ladd-Peebles   
 Fri., Oct. 12  @ Escambia County   *  24   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 19  vs. Satsuma   *  28   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26  @ Baldwin County   *  6   10   L       
 Fri., Nov. 2  vs. B.C. Rain   *  41   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 9  @ Fairhope   *  34   0   W       
 
1979 Season Totals
  Record9-1
  Points Scored292
  Scoring Average29.2
  Points Allowed31
  Defense Average3.1
  Opponents Record46-53
  Region Record6-1
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record4-1
1979 Class 4A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
 Foley was not ranked.
  
1979 Class 4A Region 2 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Baldwin County 10-22891591-131427-017858  Lyle Underwood
Foley 9-1292316-118723  Lester Smith
Fairhope 8-21961325-2151119  Joe Dean
Williamson 5-51401103-49670  Fred Burks
Escambia County 5-51551343-483108  Melvin Buck Powell
B.C. Rain 3-71272302-592207  Ed Lathan
Toulminville 2-8892461-662175  William Jessie
Satsuma 2-7381461-624113  Billy Coleman*

1979 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Foley Players on File.

1979 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Chris Santa CruzL HM  BPH
 Dennis LaneB Sr.5-9160 HM  BN
 Dennis LaneB Sr.5-9160 HM  BPH
 Dennis LaneDB Sr.5-9160 1st  MA
 Stanley SanchezE Sr.5-10165 1st  MA



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