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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: Ron Danley Region: 6A-R8
2001 Season Highlights
Ron Danley enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Butler. The Rebels won the Class 6A Region 8 Championship.
2001 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Thu., Aug. 30 @
J.O. Johnson
18
6
W
Fri., Sep. 7 @
Lee Huntsville
25
7
W
Thu., Sep. 13 vs.
Austin
*
40
21
W
Fri., Sep. 21 @
Hazel Green
*
52
21
W
Fri., Sep. 28 vs.
Decatur
*
21
3
W
Fri., Oct. 5 @
Huntsville
*
13
7
W
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Sparkman
*
43
19
W
Fri., Oct. 19 vs.
Bob Jones
*
27
24
W
Fri., Oct. 26 @
Grissom
*
28
10
W
Fri., Nov. 2 @
Hoover
2
35
L
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 9 vs.
John Carroll
12
19
L
1st Round Playoffs
2001 Season Totals
Record 9-2
Points Scored 281
Scoring Average 25.5
Points Allowed 172
Defense Average 15.6
Opponents Record 66-58
Region Record 7-0
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 5-1
2001 Class 6A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
7/31/2001 PS
8 (8-4) 36
ASWA
9/4/2001 1
6 (1-0) 55
ASWA
9/11/2001 2
6 (2-0) 64
ASWA
9/18/2001 3
6 (2-0) 64
ASWA
9/26/2001 4
5 (4-0) 105
ASWA
10/3/2001 5
5 (5-0) 118
ASWA
10/10/2001 6
5 (6-0) 120
ASWA
10/17/2001 7
5 (7-0) 100
ASWA
10/24/2001 8
5 (8-0) 119
ASWA
10/31/2001 9
5 (9-0) 117
ASWA
11/7/2001 Final
10 (9-1) 22
ASWA
2001 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Ken Darby
RB
All Southern
Orlando Sentinel
Kenneth Darby
RB
Sr. 5-11 190
AL-MS Game
Kenneth Darby
RB
Sr. 5-11 190
Super 12
ASWA
Ramzee Robinson
DB
Sr. 5-10 175
AL-MS Game
2001 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Kenneth Darby RB
Sr. 5-11 175
1st
ASWA
Kenneth Darby RB
Sr. 5-11 175
1st
BN
Shaun Sonia OL
Sr. 6-4 325
1st
ASWA
Shaun Sonia OL
Sr. 6-4 325
HM
BN
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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.