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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Hoover Football Team History


Hoover Buccaneers
Hoover High School

1000 Bucaneer Dr. Hoover, AL 35244
Stadium: Regions Park
Colors: Orange, Black & White
Coach: Josh Niblett
Region: 7A-R3
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1963  <-- 2015 <- 2016 -> 2017 --> 2024
2016 Season Highlights
 Josh Niblett enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Hoover.
 The Buccaneers won the Class 7A Region 3 Championship.
 
2016 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 19   Central Phenix City    23   7   W    Cramton Bowl   
 Fri., Aug. 26  @ Allen TX    7   25   L       
 Fri., Sep. 2  vs. Mountain Brook   *  19   3   W       
 Fri., Sep. 9  vs. Spain Park   *  26   8   W       
 Fri., Sep. 16  @ Tuscaloosa County   *  62   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 23  OPEN 
 Fri., Sep. 30  @ Oak Mountain   *  49   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 7  vs. Huffman   *  38   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 14  vs. Vestavia Hills   *  38   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 21  @ Thompson   *  20   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 28  vs. Grayson GA    14   36   L       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 4  vs. Bob Jones    31   10   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 11  vs. James Clemens    14   7   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 18  @ Gadsden City    42   14   W       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 Wed., Nov. 30   McGill-Toolen    17   7   W    Auburn   Championship Game 
 
2016 Season Totals
  Record12-2
  Points Scored400
  Scoring Average28.6
  Points Allowed143
  Defense Average10.2
  Opponents Record80-55
  Region Record7-0
  Home Record6-1
  Away Record4-1
2016 Class 7A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
8/3/2016PS 3(10-3)219 ASWA
8/23/20161 3(1-0)229 ASWA
8/30/20162 4(1-1)197 ASWA
9/6/20163 4(2-1)193 ASWA
9/13/20164 2(3-1)256 ASWA
9/20/20165 2(4-1)264 ASWA
9/27/20166 2(4-1)268 ASWA
10/4/20167 2(5-1)262 ASWA
10/11/20168 2(6-1)251 ASWA
10/18/20169 2(7-1)251 ASWA
10/25/201610 2(8-1)259 ASWA
11/1/2016Final 4(8-2)219 ASWA
  
2016 Class 7A 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 
Hoover 12-24001434-0104387-025237  Josh Niblett
Mountain Brook 8-32681660-17155-2165118  Chris Yeager
Spain Park 8-32942010-112215-2174103  Shawn Raney
Oak Mountain 3-82693700-121633-4166187  Cris Bell
Thompson 5-51831693-499107  Mark Freeman
Vestavia Hills 5-51981953-4131152  Buddy Anderson
Huffman 4-61402042-5102177  Alex Wilson
Tuscaloosa County 2-81433190-742250  Bart Sessions

2016 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Kholbe Coleman LB Sr.6-0205 AL-MS Game  

2016 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Austin CarterOL Sr. 6-1255 1st  ASWA
 Barret PickeringK Jr. 6-0175 1st  ASWA
 Ben AbercrombieDB Sr. 5-11180 1st  ASWA
 Chase BrownDB Jr. 5-11176 2nd  ASWA
 Christon TaylorDL Sr. 6-0210 1st  ASWA
 Kholbe Coleman-AbramsLB Sr. 6-0217 2nd  ASWA
 Mike MayeOL Jr. HM  ASWA



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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.