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Abbeville Football Team History
Abbeville Yellow Jackets
Abbeville High School
P.O. Box 519 Abbeville, AL 36310
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Colors: Maroon, Gray & White Coach: David Barnes
1971 Season Highlights
David Barnes enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Abbeville.
First playoff win.
First 12 win season.
1971 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 3 vs.
Houston County
35
0
W
Fri., Sep. 10 @
Slocomb
37
0
W
Fri., Sep. 17 vs.
Pike County
40
6
W
Fri., Sep. 24 vs. Early County GA
28
8
W
Fri., Oct. 1 @
Russell County
48
6
W
Fri., Oct. 8 @
Ashford
40
6
W
Fri., Oct. 15 vs.
Dale County
32
7
W
Fri., Oct. 22 vs.
Eufaula
18
6
W
Fri., Nov. 5 @
Headland
14
12
W
Fri., Nov. 12 @
Geneva County
28
13
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 19 vs.
Vincent
13
3
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 26
Georgiana
15
0
W
Semi-finals Playoffs Fri., Dec. 3 @
Oneonta
0
0
T
Boaz
Championship Game
1971 Season Totals
Record 12-0
-1
Points Scored 348
Scoring Average 26.8
Points Allowed 67
Defense Average 5.2
Opponents Record 61-60
-3
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 5-0
-1
1971 Class 2A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
10/19/1971 7
1 (7-0)
AHSAA
10/26/1971 8
1 (8-0)
AHSAA
10/5/1971 5
4 (5-0)
AHSAA
11/15/1971 Final
2 (10-0)
AHSAA
11/2/1971 9
3 (8-0)
AHSAA
11/9/1971 10
3 (10-0)
AHSAA
1971 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Leroy Cook
DE
6-3 190
All Southern
Orlando Sentinel
Leroy Cook
DE
Sr. 6-3 190
All-Star Game
Leroy Cook
E
Sr. 200
Super All-State
Bham News
Mike Starling
C
Sr. 6-0 205
All-Star Game
1971 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Fred Arnold B
HM
BN
Leroy Cook E
Sr. 6-3 200
1st
BN
Leroy Cook B
Sr. 220
1st
BPH
Mike Starling L
2nd
BPH
Mike Starling T
Sr. 6-0 200
2nd
BN
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