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Butler Football Team History
Butler Rebels
S.R. Butler High School
3401 Holmes Ave. Huntsville, AL 35816
Stadium: Milton Frank Stadium Colors: Green & Gold Coach: John Meadows
1971 Season Highlights
John Meadows enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Butler.
1971 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 4 @ Avondale GA
24
8
W
Fri., Sep. 10 vs. Columbia SC
32
6
W
Fri., Sep. 17 OPEN Fri., Sep. 24 vs.
Grissom
8
6
W
Fri., Oct. 1 @
Jeff Davis
23
14
W
Fri., Oct. 8 OPEN Fri., Oct. 15 vs.
Huntsville
15
6
W
Fri., Oct. 22 @
Minor
6
17
L
Fri., Oct. 29 vs.
Lee Huntsville
22
13
W
Fri., Nov. 5 vs.
Coffee
3
2
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 19 vs.
Huffman
22
8
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 26 @
Baldwin County
14
7
W
Semi-finals Playoffs Fri., Dec. 3 @
Decatur
0
8
L
Championship Game
1971 Season Totals
Record 9-2
Points Scored 169
Scoring Average 15.4
Points Allowed 95
Defense Average 8.6
Opponents Record 68-26
-3
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 3-2
1971 Class 4A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
10/19/1971 7
5 (5-1-1)
AHSAA
10/26/1971 8
9 (5-1)
AHSAA
10/5/1971 5
3 (4-0)
AHSAA
11/15/1971 Final
1
AHSAA
11/2/1971 9
5 (8-1)
AHSAA
11/9/1971 10
3 (7-1)
AHSAA
1971 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Leo Milewicz
G
Sr. 6-0 220
All-Star Game
Mike Poland
DB
Sr. 6-0 175
All-Star Game
Paul Turner
C
Sr. 200
Super All-State
Bham News
1971 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Leo Milewicz T
Sr. 6-0 225
2nd
BN
Leo Milewicz L
Sr. 225
1st
BPH
Merle Vereen B
Sr. 170
2nd
BN
Paul Turner C
Sr. 200
1st
BN
Paul Turner L
Sr. 200
2nd
BPH
Poston E
HM
BN
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