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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: 6A-R6
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1963  <-- 2007 <- 2008 -> 2009 --> 2024
2008 Season Highlights
 Josh Niblett enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Hoover.
 The Buccaneers won the Class 6A Region 6 Championship.
 
2008 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 29  vs. Gardendale   *  27   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 5  @ Homewood   *  30   21   W       
 Fri., Sep. 12  vs. Camden County GA    16   44   L       
 Fri., Sep. 19  @ Thompson   *  36   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 26  vs. Oak Mountain   *  24   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 3  @ Spain Park   *  34   24   W       
 Fri., Oct. 10  vs. Mountain Brook   *  28   21   W       
 Fri., Oct. 17  @ Vestavia Hills   *  17   2   W       
 Fri., Oct. 24  vs. Pelham   *  42   21   W       
 Thu., Oct. 30  @ Sparkman    35   9   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 7  vs. Hueytown    45   13   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 14  vs. Minor    18   6   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 21  vs. Mountain Brook    30   20   W       3rd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 28  vs. Huntsville    28   7   W       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 Sat., Dec. 6   Prattville    13   16   L    Legion Field   Championship Game 
 
2008 Season Totals
  Record13-2
  Points Scored423
  Scoring Average28.2
  Points Allowed218
  Defense Average14.5
  Opponents Record94-65
  Region Record8-0
  Home Record8-1
  Away Record5-0
2008 Class 6A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
8/6/2008PS 2(6-6)236 ASWA
9/3/20081 2(1-0)308 ASWA
9/10/20082 3(2-0)258 ASWA
9/17/20083 8(2-1)109 ASWA
9/24/20084 7(3-1)133 ASWA
10/1/20085 5(4-1)174 ASWA
10/8/20086 5(5-1)203 ASWA
10/15/20087 3(6-1)260 ASWA
10/22/20088 3(7-1)263 ASWA
10/29/20089 3(8-1)248 ASWA
11/5/2008Final 3(9-1)246 ASWA
  
2008 Class 6A Region 6 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 13-24232184-1134628-0238103  Josh Niblett
Mountain Brook 11-24521952-179597-126388  Chris Yeager
Vestavia Hills 7-42621310-114206-220675  Buddy Anderson
Pelham 6-52642390-18355-3191150  Brett Burnett
Spain Park 4-61491933-5132173  David Shores
Homewood 4-61852502-6130215  Dickey Wright
Gardendale 4-62252142-6125179  Chris Fancher
Oak Mountain 3-71912721-7126231  Jerry Hood
Thompson 3-71163262-676273  Brian Maner

2008 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Brian Jackson DB Sr.5-10184 AL-MS Game  
 Patrick Miller DB Sr.5-10168 AL-MS Game  

2008 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Brian JacksonDB Sr.5-10190 1st  ASWA
 Dylan BreedingP Sr.6-2215 1st  ASWA
 Evan McKissackOL Sr. HM  ASWA
 Josh MageeWR Jr. HM  ASWA
 Maudrecus HumphreyWR Jr. HM  ASWA
 Pat MillerDB Sr. HM  ASWA



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