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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Elba Football Team History


Elba Tigers
Elba High School

371 Tiger Drive Elba, AL 36323
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Mack Wood
Region: 3A-R3
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1922  <-- 1982 <- 1983 -> 1984 --> 2024
1983 Season Highlights
 Mack Wood enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Elba.
 The Tigers won the Class 3A Region 3 Championship.
 
1983 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 26  vs. Pike County   *  28   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 2  vs. Daleville   *  21   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 9  vs. Luverne    22   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 16  @ Opp   *  21   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 30  @ Greenville    0   26   L       
 Fri., Oct. 7  @ Charles Henderson   *  28   12   W       
 Fri., Oct. 14  @ Ashford   *  24   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 21  vs. Abbeville   *  28   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 28  vs. Andalusia   *  18   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 4  vs. Geneva    3   13   L       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 11  vs. Eufaula    6   27   L       1st Round Playoffs 
 
1983 Season Totals
  Record8-3
  Points Scored199
  Scoring Average18.1
  Points Allowed104
  Defense Average9.5
  Opponents Record59-57
  Region Record7-0
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record3-1
1983 Class 3A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
9/21/19834 10(4-0) ASWA
9/28/19835 8(4-0) ASWA
10/26/19839 10(7-1) ASWA
11/2/198310 9(8-1) ASWA
  
1983 Class 3A 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 
Elba 8-31991040-16277-016832  Mack Wood
Charles Henderson 7-31671596-111374  Bobby Lee
Pike County 5-5991534-35779  Wayne Grant
Abbeville 3-7851873-479120  Tom Vickers
Ashford 4-7113983-47661  Sam Williams
Andalusia 6-41571453-310071  Gwin Burkett
Opp 1-91301791-693118  Hinton Johns
Daleville 1-9712750-736170  Julius Head

1983 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Elba Players on File.

1983 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 DeWayne HooksLB HM  BN
 DeWayne HooksLB HM  ASWA
 Ken WareDL Jr.6-2220 2nd  BN
 Kevin KelleyOL HM  BN
 Michael ScottRB Jr. HM  ASWA
 Michael ScottRB Jr. HM  BN
 Michael ScottRB Jr. HM  BN
 Rhett McCulloughDB HM  BN
 Rhett McCulloughDB HM  ASWA



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