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Abbeville Football Team History
Abbeville Yellow Jackets
Abbeville High School
1971 Season Highlights David Barnes enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Abbeville. First playoff win. First 12 win season.
1971 Season
Date Opponent Score Fri., Sep. 3 vs.
Houston County
35
0
W
Fri., Sep. 10 @
Slocomb
37
0
W
Fri., Sep. 17 vs.
Pike County
40
6
W
Fri., Sep. 24 vs. Early County GA
28
8
W
Fri., Oct. 1 @
Russell County
48
6
W
Fri., Oct. 8 @
Ashford
40
6
W
Fri., Oct. 15 vs.
Dale County
32
7
W
Fri., Oct. 22 vs.
Eufaula
18
6
W
Fri., Nov. 5 @
Headland
14
12
W
Fri., Nov. 12 @
Geneva County
28
13
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 19 vs.
Vincent
13
3
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 26
Georgiana
15
0
W
Semi-finals Playoffs Fri., Dec. 3 @
Oneonta
0
0
T
Boaz
Championship Game
1971 Season Totals Record 12-0
-1
Points Scored 348 Scoring Average 26.8 Points Allowed 67 Defense Average 5.2 Opponents Record 61-60
-3
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 5-0
-1
1971 Class 2A Rankings
Date Week Rank Record Votes Source
10/19/1971 7
1 (7-0) AHSAA
10/26/1971 8
1 (8-0) AHSAA
10/5/1971 5
4 (5-0) AHSAA
11/15/1971 Final
2 (10-0) AHSAA
11/2/1971 9
3 (8-0) AHSAA
11/9/1971 10
3 (10-0) AHSAA
1971 Player Awards
Player Position Class Ht. Wt. Award Team Source
Leroy Cook
DE
6-3 190
All Southern Orlando Sentinel Leroy Cook
DE
Sr. 6-3 190
All-Star Game Leroy Cook
E
Sr. 200
Super All-State Bham News Mike Starling
C
Sr. 6-0 205
All-Star Game
1971 All State Players
Player Position Class Ht. Wt. Team Source
Fred Arnold B
HM
BN
Leroy Cook E
Sr. 6-3 200
1st
BN
Leroy Cook B
Sr. 220
1st
BPH
Mike Starling L
2nd
BPH
Mike Starling T
Sr. 6-0 200
2nd
BN
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