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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Mount Hope Football Team History


Mount Hope Yellow Jackets
Mount Hope High School

8455 Co. Rd. 23 Mount Hope, AL 35651
Stadium: Mount Hope Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Wade Palmer
Region: 1A-R14
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1927  <-- 1984 <- 1985 -> 1986 --> 2008
1985 Season Highlights
 Wade Palmer enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Mount Hope.
 First playoff win.
 First 10 win season.
 The Yellow Jackets won the Class 1A Region 14 Championship.
 TheYellow Jackets set a team record by scoring 293 points.
 The Yellow Jackets set a team record by winning 10 games.
 
1985 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Thu., Aug. 29  @ Phillips Bear Creek   *  20   14   W (OT)      
 Fri., Sep. 6  @ Waterloo    42   14   W       
 Fri., Sep. 13  @ Speake    44   20   W       
 Fri., Sep. 20  OPEN 
 Fri., Sep. 27  vs. Hubbertville    20   2   W       
 Fri., Oct. 4  vs. Meek    26   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 11  vs. Lynn    22   12   W       
 Fri., Oct. 18  vs. West Limestone    14   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 25  OPEN 
 Fri., Nov. 1  @ Vina   *  39   0   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 8  vs. Brilliant    20   9   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 15  @ Phillips Bear Creek    46   14   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 22  @ Sand Rock    0   17   L       3rd Round Playoffs 
 
1985 Season Totals
  Record10-1
  Points Scored293
  Scoring Average26.6
  Points Allowed102
  Defense Average9.3
  Opponents Record55-65
  Region Record2-0
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record5-1
1985 Class 1A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
9/5/19851 9(1-0) ASWA
9/12/19852 6(2-0) ASWA
9/19/19853 4(3-0) ASWA
9/26/19854 4(3-0) ASWA
10/3/19855 4(4-0) ASWA
10/10/19856 3(5-0) ASWA
10/17/19857 3(6-0) ASWA
10/23/19858 3(7-0) ASWA
10/30/19859 3(7-0) ASWA
11/7/1985Final 3(8-0) ASWA
  
1985 Class 1A Region 14 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Mount Hope 10-12931022-166402-05914  Wade Palmer
Phillips Bear Creek 9-32621921-148661-14832  David Adkins
Vina 3-71142110-21273  Clifton Franklin

1985 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Mount Hope Players on File.

1985 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 JoJo WarrenB HM  ASWA
 Keith ShieldsP 1st  ASWA
 Sammy GholstonDB Sr.5-11190 1st  ASWA
 Sammy GholstonDB Sr.5-11190 1st  BN
 Steve PhillipsL HM  ASWA



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