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Fort Payne Football Team History

Fort Payne Wildcats

Fort Payne High School

201 45th St. NE Fort Payne, AL 35967
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Nelson Ellis

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1922 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Nelson Ellis enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Fort Payne.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	@ Pisgah	23	6	W
Fri., Sep. 10	vs. Boaz	41	6	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Piedmont	44	6	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ Sparkman	9	8	W
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Albertville	35	14	W
Fri., Oct. 8	@ Guntersville	7	35	L
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Arab	7	23	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Scottsboro	21	7	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Cherokee County	20	3	W
Fri., Nov. 12	vs. J.B. Pennington	35	0	W

1971 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	242
Scoring Average	24.2
Points Allowed	108
Defense Average	10.8
Opponents Record	41-53 -4
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-1

1971 Class 3A Rankings
Date	Week	Rank	Record	Votes	Source
10/19/1971	7	9	(5-1)		AHSAA
10/5/1971	5	1	(5-0)		AHSAA

1971 Player Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
No Fort Payne Players on File.

1971 All State Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Tommy Burt	B				HM	BN

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The Super 6 State Championships began in 1996. Since then all title games were played at Legion Field in Birmingham until 2009.