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Banks Football Team History
Banks Jets
L.Frazier Banks High School
721 86th St. Birmingham, AL 35206
Stadium: Lawson Field Colors: Red & Blue Coach: George White
1973 Season Highlights
George White enters his 13th season as Head Coach at Banks.
Record 13-0 season. The Jets set a team record by winning 13 games.
1973 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Thu., Sep. 6
Ramsay
41
6
W
Lawson Field
Fri., Sep. 14
Berry
35
7
W
Legion Field
Thu., Sep. 20
Jackson-Olin
35
6
W
Legion Field
Fri., Sep. 28 @
Mountain Brook
26
15
W
Thu., Oct. 4
Ensley
7
6
W
Legion Field
Thu., Oct. 11
Jones Valley
37
7
W
Legion Field
Fri., Oct. 19
Woodlawn
17
7
W
Legion Field
Fri., Oct. 26
Phillips Birmingham
17
7
W
Lawson Field
Fri., Nov. 2
Huffman
24
7
W
Legion Field
Fri., Nov. 9
Homewood
35
10
W
Legion Field
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 16
Wenonah
35
19
W
Legion Field
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 23 vs.
Butler
8
6
W
Legion Field
Semi-finals Playoffs Fri., Nov. 30
Grissom
21
0
W
Championship Game
1973 Season Totals
Record 13-0
Points Scored 338
Scoring Average 26.0
Points Allowed 103
Defense Average 7.9
Opponents Record 80-49
-4
Home Record 1-0
Away Record 1-0
1973 Class 4A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
10/10/1973 6
3 (5-0)
AHSAA
10/17/1973 7
2 (6-0)
AHSAA
10/24/1973 8
2 (7-0)
AHSAA
10/3/1973 5
5 (4-0)
AHSAA
10/30/1973 9
1 (8-0)
AHSAA
11/6/1973 10
1 (9-0)
AHSAA
1973 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Freddie Knighton
T
Sr.
All Southern
Orlando Sentinel
Jeff Rutledge
QB
Jr. 6-2 175
All Southern
Orlando Sentinel
Jerry Murphree
HB
Jr.
All Southern
Orlando Sentinel
Joe Shaw
DE
Sr. 6-5 215
All-Star Game
Joe Shaw
DE
Sr. 6-5 215
All-Star Game
Rick Neal
SE
Sr. 6-2 205
All-Star Game
1973 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Fred Knighton G
Jr. 198
1st
BN
Fred Knighton L
Jr. 198
1st
BPH
Jeff Rutledge QB
Jr. 183
1st
BPH
Jeff Rutledge B
Jr. 183
1st
BN
Jerry Murphree B
Sr. 180
HM
BN
Jerry Murphree B
Jr. 195
2nd
BPH
Joe Shaw T
Sr. 210
1st
BN
Joe Shaw E
Sr. 210
2nd
BPH
Ricky Neal LB
Sr. 201
2nd
BPH
Ricky Neal E
Sr. 201
1st
BN
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