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Russellville Football Team History


Russellville Golden Tigers
Russellville High School

P.O. Box 730 Russellville, AL 35653
Stadium: Tigers Stadium
Colors: Vegas Gold, Black & White
Coach: Perry Swindall
Region: 5A-R8
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1920  <-- 2000 <- 2001 -> 2002 --> 2024
2001 Season Highlights
 Perry Swindall enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Russellville.
 The Golden Tigers won the Class 5A Region 8 Championship.
 
2001 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Thu., Aug. 30  @ Deshler    28   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 7  vs. Lawrence County    14   11   W       
 Fri., Sep. 14  @ Bradshaw   *  55   8   W       
 Fri., Sep. 21  vs. J.O. Johnson   *  46   12   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28  @ Coffee   *  31   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 5  vs. Lee Huntsville   *  26   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 12  @ Buckhorn   *  42   19   W       
 Fri., Oct. 19  @ Athens   *  21   17   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26  vs. Muscle Shoals   *  41   3   W       
 Fri., Nov. 2  vs. Good Hope    49   16   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 9  vs. Oxford    55   13   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 16  vs. Walker    10   3   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 23  @ Mortimer Jordan    17   14   W       3rd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 30  vs. Homewood    21   31   L       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 
2001 Season Totals
  Record13-1
  Points Scored456
  Scoring Average32.6
  Points Allowed154
  Defense Average11.0
  Opponents Record92-68
  Region Record7-0
  Home Record7-1
  Away Record6-0
2001 Class 5A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
7/31/2001PS 8 (10-4)44 ASWA
9/4/20011 5(1-0)89 ASWA
9/11/20012 6(2-0)82 ASWA
9/18/20013 6(2-0)82 ASWA
9/26/20014 5(4-0)124 ASWA
10/3/20015 5(5-0)137 ASWA
10/10/20016 5(6-0)136 ASWA
10/17/20017 5(7-0)125 ASWA
10/24/20018 5(8-0)132 ASWA
10/31/20019 5(9-0)133 ASWA
11/7/2001Final 4(10-0)119 ASWA
  
2001 Class 5A Region 8 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Russellville 13-14561543-1103617-026259  Perry Swindall
Lee Huntsville 9-33092331-146576-1220124  Don Thomas
Athens 8-42651911-138355-2192106  Allen Creasy
J.O. Johnson 5-72103111-143854-3140150  Harold Wells
Muscle Shoals 5-52641633-4173137  Cody Keene
Bradshaw 3-72042912-5111214  Gary Horton
Buckhorn 3-71742931-6105229  Steve Mask
Coffee 1-91263550-776260  Jerry Hill

2001 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Aaron Sears OL Jr.6-4290 Super All-State  Bham News
 Kevin Sears DB Sr.6-5220 AL-MS Game  
 Matt Crum OL Sr.6-3270 All-Star Game  
 Matt Kidd DL Sr. All-Star Game  

2001 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Aaron SearsOL Jr.6-4290 1st  ASWA
 Aaron SearsL Jr.6-4290 1st  BN
 Elliott BishopPK HM  ASWA
 Jake TompkinsQB Jr.6-2202 1st  ASWA
 Jake TompkinsQB Jr.6-2205 1st  BN
 Justin WilliamsWR Jr. HM  BN
 Kevin SearsDB Sr.6-5220 1st  ASWA
 Kevin SearsDB Sr.6-4218 1st  BN



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