Tullahoma and Lincoln County will play in Fayetteville on Friday, October 3, 2025, for the 66th time. This Region 4-5A clash will go a long way in determining playoff position when the regular season ends on October 31. 

Lincoln County leads the series 35-27-3. These schools have never met in a bowl game or a playoff game. Last year, the Falcons earned a 42-35 win at Wilkins Stadium. The Wildcats beat the Falcons in Fayetteville 39-14 in 2023. Each school has won five of the previous 10 meetings. 

Tullahoma first met Fayetteville (known as the Tigers) in 1929 and lost 13-0. They played five consecutive years, with the Wildcats' only win coming in 1931, a 7-6 victory. Fayetteville was omitted when the Central Tennessee Conference formed in 1934, and the series was put on hold. 

After Fayetteville won 7-0 in 1933, The Guardian, Tullahoma's newspaper, wrote it this way for the local folks:

“Fayetteville high took the game from Tullahoma high last Friday, with the accent on the “took.” According to the scoreboard, the score was 7-0. According to the spectators, the deal handed out to T.H.S. by the Fayetteville officials was one of the rottenest ever witnessed by an assemblage of football fans. If the accusations are true, the relations between the two schools should be severed by the officials at Tullahoma high. The game teemed with unfair decisions and unjust penalties. It is the first time a Tullahoma player has been cursed by an official from the opposing team”.

They didn't play again until 1948, when Fayetteville joined the CTC, with the Cats winning 14-13. They played every year after that until 1989, when the TSSAA reclassified Tullahoma to Class 2A, while Lincoln County remained 3A. They split two meetings in 1991 and 1992. 

Lincoln County won two straight in 1997 and 1998. The series resumed in 2007, and they met every year until 2020, when the Wildcats were reclassified to Class 4A, while Lincoln County remained 5A. 

Three Wildcat running backs ran for over 200 yards against Fayetteville in the 1970s. Melvin Woodard carried the ball 37 times and gained 244 yards in 1972. Rick Pless gained 267 yards on 38 carries with three touchdowns in 1973. Jim Bratcher carried 33 times for 203 yards and three touchdowns in 1977. 

Additionally, Maurice Shaw gained 247 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns in 1985, and also returned a kickoff 76 yards for a score. 

Fayetteville's largest margin of victory was a 41-0 win in 1930. Tullahoma's biggest win came in 2020, a 56-13 romp. 

The Wildcats stunned area fans and ruined homecoming in 1966 when they went to Fayetteville and scored two touchdowns in the first quarter in a 35-7 thrashing of the Tigers. Brook Thornton, Ray Cobb, Joe Hice, and Greg Womack each scored touchdowns. Tullahoma only completed two passes.

Thursday night's contest in Lawrenceburg between Tullahoma and Lawrence County will be the 1,100th game in Wildcat football history. The overall record is 611-449-39, with a winning percentage of 55.6%. 

Considering Tullahoma is playing its 104th football season, any school we have played 50 or more times is a long-time rival. A traditional rival. The short list, and the number of times we have played them, includes Coffee County (100), Franklin County (95), Shelbyville (98), Warren County (71), Lawrence County (66), Lincoln County (65), and Marshall County (50). 

The best winning percentage Tullahoma has against a long-time rival is against Lawrence County. The Wildcats are 47-18-1 (71%) since their first meeting in 1943, a 31-6 Tullahoma win. Both teams were ranked in the Midstate Top 10 in 1964. 

The two met in the 1958 Butter Bowl in Pulaski, with Lawrenceburg shutting Tullahoma out 20-0. The cardinal and black won the only playoff meeting, beating the purple Cats 28-14 in the second round in 2010. 

Tullahoma and Lawrence County, almost equal in enrollment, have been in the same region most years since official regions were organized in 1969. Paul Wheeler kicked the longest field goal in Tullahoma history against Lawrenceburg in 2000 (57 yards).

In 1978, a new star emerged against Lawrenceburg. Trailing 14-10 in the fourth quarter, THS Head Coach Dan Bland inserted sophomore John Baer at quarterback. All Baer did was score two touchdowns and lead the Wildcats to a 24-14 win.

After a failed Lawrenceburg punt attempt gave Tullahoma the ball deep on the home team’s side of the field, Baer, filling in for the injured Mark Mullins, scored on a six-yard run to put the Wildcats on top with 10 minutes remaining. After forcing a punt, the Cats drove to the one-inch line, where Lawrenceburg stopped Baer on fourth down. 

Taking over on their own goal line, Lawrenceburg tried an ill-advised pass, and Baer intercepted it and raced nine yards into the end zone for the final score. Randy Lawrence had a 36-yard field goal, and the Wildcat defense picked off three passes for the second consecutive game.

In 1980, Tullahoma's only win was over Lawrence County, with Mike Jernigan scoring on a 64-yard run on the first play of a 27-6 Tullahoma win. In a one-point win in 1985, Gary Barfield, Rob Norman, and Martin Meyer stopped Lawrenceburg’s quarterback on a two-point conversion attempt in overtime to give Tullahoma its third straight win. The visitors came to Wilkins Stadium for homecoming and jumped out to a 14-0 lead, but Norman recovered a fumble to slow down the offense. Maurice Shaw raced 51 yards before halftime to cut the lead to 14-7. Barfield and Norman each had second-half interceptions.

In 1988, Tullahoma's Andre Johnson rushed for 229 yards and three touchdowns, including runs of 60 and 72 yards. The next season, Tony Sheffield connected with Rico Harris for a 99-yard touchdown, the longest passing score in Wildcat history and tied for the longest in the state.

In 1994, Tullahoma notched the 450th victory in program history with a 46-32 win. In 1997, the Cats won behind Rob Hazard, who recovered two fumbles and added a sack, and Steve Matthews completed a 31-yard TD pass to Travis Moore.

Tullahoma and Nolensville have played seven times since 2017, with the Knights holding a 4-3 advantage. Nolensville joined the Wildcats in Region 4-4A in 2017, along with Marshall Co., Maplewood, Spring Hill, and Lawrence Co. 

The Knights won that first game, played in week seven, 42-28, on the Knights' artificial turf in Williamson County. After trailing 28-0 at halftime, Tullahoma rallied for 28 second-half points behind Nic Barstad, who completed 15-27 for 216 yards and two touchdowns, one to Matt Meadows and one to Amauri Burks. Barstad ran 11 times for 41 yards and added another touchdown. 

Tullahoma evened the series 1-1 in 2018 at Wilkins Stadium, with senior RB Braison Corn rushing for 174 yards on 23 carries, and Kobe Burks returning an interception 60 yards and a kickoff 58 yards. Burks also caused and recovered a fumble for a safety. 

The Knights won a defensive struggle in 2019, 13-7. Tullahoma could only manage 210 yards of offense, with Jakobe Thomas scoring the lone Wildcat touchdown. 

Tullahoma and Nolensville played twice in 2020, with Tullahoma winning the regular-season contest 29-14. The Wildcats led 22-0 at halftime, pulverizing the Knights with 273 rushing yards. Thomas had 11 carries for 113 yards and three touchdowns. Keishawn Cummings gained 52 yards, and Jaxon Sheffield had 51 and a touchdown. 

Undefeated Tullahoma hosted Nolensville in the third round of the playoffs six weeks later. The Wildcats led 14-13 with two minutes to play, but a Tullahoma mistake led to a Nolensville safety and a 15-14 win, ending the Cats' season at 12-1. Thomas had 227 total yards, including 174 rushing. 

TSSAA reclassification changed Region 4-4A in 2021, with Tullahoma moving to Region 5-4A, and again in 2023, when the Wildcats returned to Class 5A, but remained in Region 4 alongside Franklin Co., Lincoln Co., Lawrence Co., and Columbia. Nolensville jumped to Region 6-5A, so the chance for the Knights and the Wildcats to meet again in the playoffs became a reality. 

Tullahoma finished second in its region, and the Knights finished third in theirs, setting up a first-round playoff matchup at Wilkins Stadium in 2023. The Wildcats broke a scoreless tie with 10 fourth-quarter points to end the Knights' season. Sophomore Marvancy Johnson scored the only touchdown on a 42-yard burst, and Colby Tucker led the Wildcats with 15 tackles. Will Hyden had two interceptions, and Ezra Myers and Tucker each had two sacks. Grant Chadwick averaged 44 yards on four punts and added a 23-yard field goal. 

Tullahoma (3-1), now in Region 4-5A, and Nolensville (2-2) in Region 5-5A, could still potentially meet in the playoffs, but only in the state championship game. The Wildcats are trying to rebound from a 24-13 loss at White County, while Nolensville licks its wounds after being pummeled 42-7 by Blackman.

The Tullahoma Wildcats seek their fourth consecutive victory when they travel to Sparta to face the White County Warriors on Sept. 12, 2025. White County is 2-1 on the season, with wins over York Institute and Cookeville and a one-point loss to Soddy Daisy. 

The Wildcats have scored 131 points during their first three games, the highest opening three-game total in program history. The previous record was 126 points in both 1955 and 1959. 

Tullahoma holds a 22-12 lead in the series. Sparta High School held a 10-9 advantage over the Wildcats, but since Sparta became White County, the Wildcats have dominated the series 13-2. Former Wildcat assistant coaches Ronnie Dyer, Burt Oakley, and Clester Winningham all came to Tullahoma from Sparta. 

The two schools first met in 1942, with Tullahoma rolling over Sparta 42-7. They played again in 1944, and the Wildcats again won big, 37-6. The Warriors evened the series with a 42-0 win in 1952 and a 19-6 win in 1953. 

The series resumed from 1960 to 1967, with each squad winning four games. They played annually from 1972 to 1977, with Sparta holding a 4-2 advantage. In 1981, the Cats beat the Warriors 28-21, but White Co. returned the favor 28-0 in 1982. 

In four games from 1985 to 1988, Tullahoma was unbeaten against the Warriors. The series resumed in 1993, and the Wildcats again beat White Co. four straight years. From 2001 to 2004, Tullahoma won three out of four. 

The final two meetings between the programs were playoff games, with the Wildcats winning 48-13 in 2010 and 37-13 in 2012. Tullahoma's most dominating win was in 1977, a 47-6 victory. The Warriors beat Tullahoma 42-0 in 1952. 

Highlights of the series include Tullahoma RB Andre Johnson rushing for 229 yards and three touchdowns on Sept. 30, 1988, and Maurice Shaw scoring four touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in 1986, including a 90-yard kickoff return. 

In a mud-soaked Wildcat win in 1963, Jimmy Kincell passed to Dan Waggoner for a pair of touchdowns, and Dick Ellis, the bruising fullback, scored twice. Dick Pack nailed all four PATs.

In the 1977 Wildcat victory, played in a steady rain at Wilkins Stadium, 13 different Wildcats carried the football as Tullahoma gained over 200 yards on the ground. The 47 points are the most Tullahoma had scored in a game since dropping 48 on McMinnville in 1961. 

In Sparta in 1985, Tullahoma's defense forced seven turnovers in a 28-21 victory. The Cats grabbed an early lead on a 15-yard TD pass from Andy Winningham to Brian Battles. Maurice Shaw had a TD late in the second quarter. Gary Barfield had an interception, and Rob Norman had an interception and a fumble recovery. 

In 1988, Steve Matthews threw four touchdown passes and ran for another in a 34-14 Tullahoma victory. Antonio London had five catches for 91 yards, and Mario Braston caught two touchdown passes. 

Sparta joined the Central Tennessee Conference in 1951, but by 1961 had jumped to the Upper Cumberland Conference. White County now plays in Region 4-4A, while Tullahoma is in Region 4-5A.

Week 3 of the 2025 high school football season finds the Cleveland Blue Raiders visiting Wilkins Stadium. This will be the fifth time Tullahoma and Cleveland have met on the football field, but only the second time they have met in the regular season. The series is tied at two wins each. 

The first meeting was the season opener in 1971, and was new Head Coach Hulan Watson's first game. With Murfreesboro Central closing and transitioning to Riverdale and Oakland, the Wildcats had to find an opening-game opponent. 

Tullahoma welcomed Cleveland to Wilkins Stadium as Watson’s debut came against one of the state’s best teams, and all things considered, it wasn’t a bad loss. Dennis Nisbett was a memorable highlight, faking a punt and racing 38 yards for a first down. Nisbett ran 30+ yards on multiple fake punts throughout the season. Phil Rust recovered a Blue Raider fumble early in the second half, leading to Tullahoma’s only score as Eric Smith raced 28 yards on two carries. Cleveland scored the game’s final 21 points to beat the Wildcats 21-6. 

The second meeting came in the second round of the playoffs in 1979, again at Wilkins Stadium. Tullahoma advanced to the third round with a 17-13 victory. Tyrone Hardin finished off a 77-yard drive with a 26-yard TD run with 6:42 left to play. David Johnson scored the other Wildcat touchdown, and Scott Hargrove kicked a 21-yard field goal. 

Hardin continued to pace the rushing attack, gaining 125 yards on 22 carries, while Johnson had 94 yards on 19 attempts. With the victory, Tullahoma posted its first 10-win season since 1955. 

Meeting number three was also the second round of the playoffs in 1987, with the Wildcats posting a 26-14 victory. Maurice Shaw had 216 yards of offense, including 153 yards rushing on 30 carries, and finished off the scoring with a 63-yard punt return touchdown. 

The fourth game against the Blue Raiders took place in 1994, in the first round of the playoffs, with Tullahoma traveling to Cleveland to face the defending state champions. The home team dominated 42-7, extending their consecutive-game winning streak to 25 games.

Tullahoma and Manchester/Coffee County have played football 99 times. It is the only series in Wildcat history that was cancelled for two years so the adults could stop fighting. 

Awarding the Coffee Pot to the winner began in 1936. The year before, the Red Raiders won the Central Tennessee Conference with a 6-0 win, completing a perfect season. The Wildcats finished 0-8-2 and fired coach L.C. Perry. 

G. Lloyd Seay added coaching football to his basketball coaching duties and led the most drastic turnaround in Tullahoma history. The 1936 Wildcats were 8-0-2, the program's first undefeated season, and they captured the first Coffee Pot with an exciting 8-7 victory. 

Before 1936, Tullahoma played Manchester every year beginning in 1924, with the Wildcats winning the first two 6-0. The Red Raiders led the series 7-5 in those first dozen games. Since then, Tullahoma has dominated, winning 59 of the 86 true Coffee Pot games. 

In those 99 games, Tullahoma has outscored Manchester 1,850-1,217. That is an average score of 18.7 points for the Wildcats and 12.3 for the Red Raiders. Tullahoma has 20 shutouts in its 64 wins, while Manchester has shut out the Cats 14 times, but none since 1981. 

Tullahoma and Manchester played the seventh Coffee Pot to a 6-6 tie in 1942, with the Wildcats keeping the coveted trophy for the seventh straight year. Unfortunately, fights and scuffles broke out toward the end of the contest involving players, coaches, and fans. The scene was so ugly that community leaders and school officials decided not to play each other for the next two years. 

The decision had nothing to do with the war, even though that is what I heard for most of my life. The choice to give the series a rest in 1943 and 1944 was necessary because of two cities in the same county that really didn't (don't) like each other. It's rivalry, competitiveness, and pride. It was then, and it is now.

The 1942 Cats won their first bowl game, the first played at Wade Field, beating Carthage 27-7. Carthage became Trousdale County and has won multiple state championships. The bowl win was big, setting the stage for another dominant Wildcat campaign. 

The Wildcats won 20 games during those two years, adding their fourth and fifth straight CTC titles. When the series resumed in 1945, the matchup was placed as the final game of the regular season. The Wildcats reeled off three straight wins, meaning Tullahoma kept the Coffee Pot for 12 consecutive years. Neither school has come close to that record. 

In 1950, Wildcat running back Leroy Leach scored on runs of 44, 46, and 80 yards to lead Tullahoma to a 33-7 win. In 1958, Manchester completed an undefeated season with a 10-7 victory. The Red Raiders won 12 of the 17 Coffee Pots played between 1966-1982. 

Manchester shocked Tullahoma in 1964, holding the highly-ranked Wildcats to the second tie of the series. The 1970 Coffee Pot was the last one scheduled for the last game of the season until 1979. Both schools agreed that playing the week before the playoffs began was not good for either, so they moved it to game eight or game nine. It returned to the end of the season in 1988. 

The winless Wildcats limped into Coffee County Stadium in 1975, hoping to hand Coach Dan Bland his first victory and his first Coffee Pot trophy. Fittingly, a fumble led to the Red Raiders’ winning touchdown in the third quarter. Trailing 14-7 in the fourth quarter, Tullahoma drove from its 40 to the Manchester seven. Two plays and two penalties later, Tullahoma had fourth and goal at the Raider 21.

Bill Hardison connected with David Cleveland on what appeared to be a touchdown. One official ruled a touchdown, and another ruled it was incomplete. Manchester Coach Ed Trail stormed the field, insisting the pass was incomplete. The official agreed with Trail after a lengthy discussion, and the Wildcats were 0-8 for the second time in three years. 

Tullahoma only needed to beat Manchester in 1979 to earn its second consecutive playoff berth, and the Wildcats edged the Red Raiders in driving rain and heavy mud. The Cats clinched a tie for the District 8 title along with Franklin County. Tullahoma marched 71 yards in 17 plays on its opening possession for the only touchdown and PAT they needed. Tyrone Hardin carried 14 times for 64 yards during the scoring drive and finished the game with 131 yards on 33 carries. 

After a Coffee Pot loss in 1985 cost Tullahoma a playoff berth, the 1986 Wildcats got revenge as Gary Barfield threw for three touchdowns (Joe Barstad, Adrian Lott, and Maurice Shaw) and Shaw rushed for 153 yards and three more scores while catching four passes for 80 yards. 

By 1992, Tullahoma's series lead was down to 39-26-2, the smallest margin between wins and losses since 1960. John Olive's arrival in 1993 signaled a heavy lean towards the Wildcats, with Olive compiling a 24-5 record against the Red Raiders. 

In 1996, the game was moved to the top half of the schedule, week three, for the first time in history. In 1999, the game was moved to week six, and the Wildcats traveled down Highway 55 to recoup the Coffee Pot. Both teams were 2-0, and Coffee County Head Coach Bert Browne guaranteed a win. He was wrong. 

Despite having Chris Elam back at running back and a roster that featured 24 seniors, the Wildcats won in front of an estimated 8,000 fans. Sophomore Jermaine Dunlap was named AP Class 4A Player of the Week, blocking two kicks and returning one 60 yards for a touchdown. Robert Matthews completed 13-24 for 167 yards and a touchdown. Rob Hazard caught a TD pass and kicked a field goal. After three games, the Wildcats were ranked No. 6 in Class 4A.

In 2010, Tullahoma overcame a 29-point halftime deficit to beat the Red Raiders 43-39, and the 42-41 win in 2017, one game after breaking the 21-game losing streak, is probably my favorite Coffee Pot memory.

The 2025 season opens in a few days. Shelbyville comes to Wilkins Stadium to battle the Wildcats for the 98th time in program history. Here are some historical highlights from this long, bitter rivalry. Shelbyville leads the series 49-45-3. 

They first met in 1923, with the Golden Eagles posting a 27-0 victory. Shelbyville won three of the first four meetings, with 1925 ending in a 0-0 tie. They didn't play in 1927, and Shelbyville won in '28 and '29. 

The Cats and Eagles didn't play again until 1935, and Tullahoma got its first win in the series in 1937. Heading into the game, Shelbyville was 13-0-3 in its previous 16 games and had allowed only two points during that stretch. 

From 1940-46, the Wildcats won six with one tie. They have played every year since 1935, including a playoff game in 2013. 

The Wildcats won 10 of 11 between 1955-65.  Shelbyville won 7 of 8 between 1975-83. Outside of those streaks, this rivalry has always been competitive, with most games decided by 10 points or less. 

Shelbyville won 50-0 in 2015 and 48-0 in 1938. Tullahoma won 46-0 in 1943. Each team has won four during the previous eight meetings. 

Tullahoma wins include the opening game in 2017, the 1,000th game in program history, which ended the Wildcats' 21-game losing streak. The 750th game in program history also came against the Eagles, a 20-14 Shelbyville victory in 1994. 

Notable Wildcat individual performances against the Eagles include Frank Mullins' rushing 34 times for 290 yards and four touchdowns in 1955, Wayne Shaw rushing for 262 yards on 33 carries in 1983, and Dick Pack had two interceptions and the Wildcats recorded two safeties in a 17-6 win in 1963.

The 1959 Tullahoma Wildcats roared into the season like a lion but finished up like a lamb. The ‘Cats won their first seven games and climbed as high as 2nd in the Action Ratings. However, they lost three of their final four, including the Coffee Pot, yet still earned the Central Tennessee Conference championship for the third time in the previous five seasons.

Thirteen seniors dotted the Wildcat roster as Tullahoma prepared for a brand-new opponent to open the season. Chapel Hill was finally gone, and the new McMinnville Central, which would become Warren County, appeared on the schedule along with what they called McMinnville City, which would soon disappear.

The Wildcats averaged 40 points over the next three games and beat always-challenging opponents Cookeville, Shelbyville, Murfreesboro, and Lewisburg. Tullahoma was riding high and putting itself into position to possibly play for a state title at the Clinic Bowl. 

The loss to BGA was a difficult blow to absorb, considering it was their first win of the year, but the Coffee Pot loss to Manchester was shocking. After beating Fayetteville, all Tullahoma had to do was beat Manchester for an opportunity to play Springfield in the title game. The Red Raiders ruined those dreams and sent Tullahoma back to the Butter Bowl, where they lost to CTC rival Lawrenceburg for the second straight year.

In 1959, the CTC members were Tullahoma, Franklin Co., Manchester, Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Shelbyville, McMinnville, Lewisburg, and Fayetteville. Sparta and McMinnville Central were technically in the conference, but they didn’t play enough conference games in 1959 to be eligible for the championship.

63 wins, 36 losses, and six ties that led to four CTC titles. The 1950s were an excellent decade for Wildcat football. By the turn of the decade, Tullahoma had firmly established itself as one of the strongest football programs in the mid-state.

Stewart Horn: 2nd Team All-State, All-Midstate, All-CTC

Gary Allen: All-State Honorable Mention

Tommy Martin: All-CTC

Johnny Allen: All-Midstate

Ned Hindman: All-Midstate, All-CTC

During the 1983 football season, junior tailback Wayne Shaw had the greatest back-to-back rushing games in program history. 

It was Joe Gaddis's first year as head coach, and as was the case for six consecutive years, he leaned on a Shaw brother to carry the offense. 

The Wildcats beat Cookeville 34-7 in the season opener, with Shaw scoring four touchdowns and kicking three extra points. The next week, he rushed for 134 yards on 25 carries in a loss to Franklin County. 

In a 13-7 win over Shelbyville, Shaw gained 262 yards on 33 carries and scored both touchdowns. His rushing total was the third-most in a single game in Tullahoma history, topped only by Frank Mullins' 290-yard effort, also against Shelbyville, in 1955, and Ricky Pless' 267-yard effort against Fayetteville in 1973. Shaw was named the Associated Press Back of the Week. 

But Wayne was just getting started. He topped that performance the following week in a win over Columbia, rushing for 284 yards on 32 carries. During those two games, Shaw carried 65 times for 546 yards, an average of 8.4 yards per carry. 

Shaw added 202 yards on 27 carries in a 35-0 blowout of Coffee County to end the regular season, then rushed for 195 yards in a 7-0 win over MBA in the Butter Bowl in Pulaski. It was Tullahoma's first bowl win since 1942. 

His 284 and 262-yard rushing performances are still the second and fourth-most in program history. Shaw finished the 1983 season with 1,357 yards on 195 carries, an average of almost seven yards per carry.

When Tullahoma hosts Shelbyville on Saturday, Aug. 23, to open the 2025 season, it will be the 98th meeting between the 41A rivals. Only Manchester has appeared on the Wildcats' schedule more times than Shelbyville. 

The first meeting between the Cats and the Golden Eagles was in 1923, with Shelbyville posting a 27-0 shutout. Shelbyville won six of the first eight meetings, with the other two games ending in a tie. 

After sporadic meetings during the first dozen years, Shelbyville became a consistent opponent for Tullahoma in 1935 with the formation of the Central Tennessee Conference. 

The Wildcats didn't beat the Eagles until 1937, and since then, the series has been nearly even, with Shelbyville holding a 49-45 edge with three ties. 

Tullahoma's 24-0 victory in 2008 was the 500th win in Wildcat program history. The 37-29 victory in 2017 not only broke Tullahoma's 21-game losing streak but was also the 1,000th game in Wildcat history. 

The largest margin of victory for the Cats over the Eagles came in 1943 with a 46-0 shutout. Shelbyville's largest margin of victory was a 50-0 win in 2015. The Wildcats and Golden Eagles are 4-4 in their previous eight meetings.

Heading into the 1980 season, Tullahoma welcomed new head football coach Greg Gregory after former coach Dan Bland left the Wildcats to become the head coach at Farragut. 

Gregory came to Tullahoma from Boyd County High School in Ashland, Kentucky. He announced he would run the wishbone offense mixed in with some Power I formations. 

John Baer and Tyrone Hardin were back to lead the rushing attack, but running lanes proved hard to find. The Wildcats were shut out by McCallie in the season opener, and heading into game two, against Franklin County, the starting offense lined up like this:

TE - Jeff Hice

RT - Jamie Collins

RG - Mike Jernigan

C - Jeff Richardson

LG - Dewayne Cullpepper

LT - Dave Roberds

SE - Stan Welch/Jimmy Boatman

QB - Scott Hargrove

HB - Tyrone Hardin

HB - Mike Overall

FB - John Baer

After a shutout loss to the Rebels, the Wildcats traveled to Horace Jones Field at MTSU to battle Riverdale. Nashville TV station Channel 8 decided to televise the game. Instead of showing it live, the station replayed the game at 10:30 p.m. Remember, in 1980, the NBA Finals were still being shown on tape delay. It was Tullahoma's first television appearance. 

It was a night to forget as the Warriors rolled over the Wildcats 48-7. Two games later, Warren County running back Jeff Womack ran for 244 yards in a 47-7 Pioneer victory. Tullahoma's only win came the next week in a 27-6 conquest of Lawrenceburg. 

Jim Dougherty intercepted two passes for the Cats, with the first coming two yards in the Lawrenceburg end zone. Dougherty raced to the 40-yard line, then lateraled the ball to Charles Crutchfield, who ran untouched into the end zone for a 102-yard pick-six. Hardin closed the scoring with a 78-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. 

Gregory ended his three years at the helm with a 7-23 record. Joe Gaddis, former Tullahoma assistant under Bland, was named head coach before the 1983 season.

Jermaine Dunlap suited up for the Tullahoma Wildcats from 1997 to 1999.  Dunlap was an all-around great player from the time he stepped on the field. His specialty, though, was blocking kicks. 

During his sophomore season, Dunlap blocked five kicks, including two against Coffee County - a point-after attempt and a field goal attempt. He blocked the field goal with one second remaining in the first half and returned it 74 yards for a touchdown. 

The special-teams TD, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Robert Matthews to Rob Hazard, put the Wildcats in front 15-9 at intermission on their way to a 25-17 victory, bringing the Coffee Pot back to Tullahoma. The Tennessean estimated the crowd in Manchester was close to 8,000 fans. 

Dunlap also recorded four tackles along with his two blocked kicks and was named the Associated Press Player of the Week in Class 4A. 

During his junior season, Dunlap scored four touchdowns to lead the Wildcats to a 42-20 win over Antioch. He opened his senior season rushing for 206 yards in only 12 carries, an average of 17 yards per carry, and scored two touchdowns in a 32-14 victory over Franklin County. 

Leading the team with 884 rushing yards, Dunlap was injured in his senior year and missed Tullahoma's final three games, including the stunning 17-14 loss to Kenwood in the opening round of the playoffs. 

The Tullahoma program enjoyed tremendous success during Dunlap's three years, posting a 29-6 record and advancing to the playoffs each season. 

I nicknamed Jermaine "Ice" when he was in middle school because of his ability to hit free throws late during basketball games. He was cool under pressure and remains one of my all-time favorite Tullahoma student-athletes.

Four different Tullahoma Wildcat running backs ran for over 200 yards in a single game during the 1970s. They are: 

Melvin Woodard carried 37 times for 244 yards against Fayetteville on October 30, 1972. The Wildcats and Tigers tied 14-14, and Tullahoma finished the season with a record of 4-5-1. 

Rick Pless ran for 267 yards and three touchdowns on 38 carries to lead the Cats to a 25-24 win over Fayetteville on November 2, 1973. Tullahoma's defense stopped a two-point conversion attempt by the Tigers, sealing the victory. The Wildcats finished with a 2-8-0 record. 

Darryl Peppers closed out his sophomore season on November 15, 1974, by rushing for 250 yards on 31 carries and scoring two touchdowns as the Wildcats beat Cookeville 33-13 to finish the season with a 5-5 record. 

Jim Bratcher carried the ball 33 times for 203 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cats to a 32-16 win over Fayetteville on October 14, 1977. The Wildcats finished the season with a 5-5 record.

1961 marked the end of the first 40 years of Tullahoma High School football. The Wildcats were the most consistent team in southern middle Tennessee, winning more Central Tennessee Conference championships than any other school.

The 40th edition of the Wildcats continued the winning tradition. After a season-opening loss to Sparta, who was no longer in the CTC but had jumped to the Upper Cumberland Conference, Tullahoma went on a roll.

W.C. 'Dub' Cooper was halfway through his coaching tenure at THS. Tommy Whitaker, Ralph Askins, and Robert Osteen were assistants. Bobby Jernigan, Leon Waller, and Tom Poe served as captains, and both Jernigan and Poe were named All-CTC and All-Midstate.

Without inside knowledge of what was happening in McMinnville regarding high schools, the Wildcats clearly played McMinnville City again in 1961. I’m not sure if the McMinnville Bulldogs were playing football in 1961.

The Wildcats reeled off four consecutive victories over tough opponents, including a sound 28-7 thrashing of Murfreesboro and a shutout win over Lewisburg, which would become Marshall County the next year.

However, hopes for another CTC championship were dampened in a narrow loss to Franklin County, then crushed in a blowout loss to eventual champion Fayetteville. As was always the case, though, a winning season and a happy fan base were secured with a 13-6 win over Manchester to retain the Coffee Pot.

Tullahoma had played 407 games in 40 years, winning 233 (57%). The Wildcats had won 12 of the 28 Central Tennessee Conference championships, and would win the title again in 1962 and 1963 before going on a 15-year dry spell that ended with a CTC title in 1978.

Tullahoma hired head football coaches who changed their minds and DIDN'T stay for even one season in both 1967 and 1975. One stayed only two days, while the other stayed four months. Both left the THS program scrambling for a head coach. 

In 1967, Rex Dockery accepted the Tullahoma position after W.C. 'Dub' Cooper stepped down to become Athletic Director. Dockery, a former University of Tennessee Volunteer, came from Harriman and brought a UT teammate, Bobby Morton, as his assistant. 

Two days later, Dockery announced he had changed his mind and would stay at Harriman. Two years later, he led Morristown East to the state championship. After successful coaching stints at Texas Tech and Memphis, Dockery died in a plane crash in 1983. 

Morton was left to pick up the pieces, and after a rough first year, he fielded winning teams in his final two seasons. He left after three years, accepting an assistant coaching position at Murfreesboro Central. 

After four years and a sub-.500 winning percentage, Hulan Watson submitted his resignation before the final game of the 1974 season. His overall record was 15-23-2.

In March 1975, Tullahoma introduced Gerald Hasty, a former MTSU assistant coach, as the new head coach of the Tullahoma Wildcats. His high school teams posted a 60-10-1 record during his seven years as a head coach. He also served as defensive coordinator at Maryville College. 

However, on July 18, Hasty announced he was leaving Tullahoma and accepting the head coach position at a high school in his hometown of Monroe, NC. Hasty went on to a successful career as an assistant coach in college and the pros. He once coached the Charlotte Chargers to a win in the World Football League.

Left with only three weeks to hire a coach before fall practice began, Tullahoma’s administration introduced Dan Bland as the 15th head coach of the Wildcats on July 22, 1975. 

He spent six years as an assistant coach at Jackson Central before arriving in Tullahoma. Bland led the nation in kickoff return yardage while playing at Mississippi State and played for the 49ers and Steelers in the NFL. He brought in three new assistant coaches, Joe Balthrop, Joe Gaddis, and Mark Humphrey. Balthrop had been an All-American tackle at the University of Tennessee.

Bland inherited a situation much like Bobby Morton back in 1967, a new team with new assistant coaches and very little time to prepare for the season. 

It took Bland three years to turn the Wildcats into winners, and the first two seasons were the worst back-to-back seasons in program history, with both teams finishing 1-9. However, 11 of those 18 losses were by 10 points or less. By 1979, Bland's Wildcats made a deep playoff run.

It is fall 1965, and now your neighbor has a color TV and their son is growing his hair long. Your TV is still black and white, and when you watch it, you see riots in the streets, war in Vietnam, the Beatles are still everywhere, Ali knocks Sonny Liston out again, and the Green Bay Packers, New York Yankees, and Boston Celtics win every year.

Three months ago, the Federal Government threatened to withhold funding to Tullahoma City Schools, as well as almost every school system in southern middle Tennessee, if they didn’t uphold the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and integrate their school systems. So we did.

On the first day of school, for the first time in your life, you are interacting with people of another race. Although it is hard for us to imagine, at the time, it was absolutely true. I was in the first grade, so I didn’t pay any attention to race. However, for these high school students, in addition to the fast-changing world around them, there was also pressure close to home.

Consider the lives of student-athletes. Not only did they have to interact with each other in the halls and classes, but they had to be teammates. Teammates spend countless hours together at practice, in the locker room, and in team meetings.

So, this 1965 Tullahoma Wildcat football team is the first integrated school athletic team in the city's history. It was a big deal, and more credit should go to the members of this team for leading the way. Much more so than today, high school football players in 1965 were the toast of the town. The student body followed their lead.

The biggest issue on the football team was the continued decline in roster size. Only 43 prospects showed up on the first day of fall practice, with Wayne Shaw, James Cooley, Charles Cooley, and Cecil Davidson the only four black players. I can’t begin to imagine how difficult life was for them, especially those first few days. By all accounts, there were no significant race issues at Tullahoma High School in 1965. That is a credit to those young men.

Competing for starting positions 10 days before the season opener were: 

Ends - Jamie King, Ron Bailey, Bruce Moorehead, David Tyler.

Tackles - Jimmy Williams, Dennis Glover, Nabob Simmons, Gilbert Sharp.

Guards - Billy Uselton, David Wright.

Center - Bobby Martin

Blocking Back - Jon Gray, Charles Bennett

Tailback - Tom Jones, Wayne Shaw, Sr.

Fullback - Charles Cooley, Ray Cobb

Wingback - Wayne Bussell, Mitch Pindzola

The fall of 1971 was the 50th season of Tullahoma Wildcat football. James Hulan Watson became the fourth head coach in the last seven years, the third in the previous three, and the 15th overall. After one season leading Lynchburg to a 5-3-2 record in 1970, Watson replaced Bill Baker, who left to be an assistant coach at Samford University in Birmingham. 

Watson didn't produce a winning season in his four years at the helm, and the Wildcats were in the middle of one of the worst stretches in program history, going eight straight years without a winning season. 

During those first 50 years, the program produced 31 winning seasons and won 284 of its 508 games, a 56% winning percentage. There were two undefeated seasons (1936 & 1955) and one winless year (1935). 

George 'Red' Swing had the top winning percentage of those 15 coaches (86%), with G. Lloyd Seay second at 66% and 'Dub' Cooper third at 62%. 

The 50-year all-star team includes legendary names like Frank Mullins, Leroy Leech, Bub Brixey, Bill and Bruce Pless, and Red Arnold. The most recent additions include Jim Duvall, Dennis Nisbett, Paul Cooley, Leon Waller, and Benny Garrick. 

The upcoming "Complete History of Tullahoma Football" book will feature all-star teams for each decade, every 25-year mark, 50 years, and 100 years. 

Tullahoma's record against its most common rivals during the first 50 years: 

BGA 6-3-2
Chapel Hill 18-2-1
Columbia 3-5-0
Cookeville 9-7-0
Decherd 10-6-2
Fayetteville 12-14-2
Winchester/FC 22-20-2
Lawrenceburg 7-6-1
Lewisburg/MC 19-12-5
Lynchburg 14-4-3
Manchester 28-16-2
McMinnville/WC 18-9-5
Murfreesboro 7-19-7
Shelbyville 22-18-3
Sparta 6-6-0
Wartrace 14-4-2
Woodbury 9-0-0

When Tullahoma started playing football in 1922, travel was difficult, and most athletic schedules were geared towards playing the closest schools geographically. The Wildcats were no different. Tullahoma's population was around 3,000. 

The first three games were against Lynchburg, Wartrace, and Decherd, and the Wildcats added Viola and Tracy City the next season. Chapel Hill would join the schedule in 1927 and become a regular Wildcat opponent. 

Decherd was the first school to be known as Franklin County High, and the Red Devils were an early powerhouse. The Winchester Purple Warriors were added in 1925. 

However, one opponent at the end of the 1924 season stands out. Tullahoma closed the 6-2-0 campaign under Head Coach Bill Davis by traveling to Shop Springs, where they were shut out 19-0. 

My early research listed the opponent as Hot Springs. However, I discovered a newspaper snippet that clarified it was Shop Springs we played, and the game was on the road. 

Shop Springs is located on Highway 70 between Lebanon and Watertown. Shop Springs Academy was an original member of the TSSAA in 1925, but no longer exists. We can only speculate why Tullahoma traveled to The Shop Springs State High school. 

Tullahoma had consistent success against the smaller schools on its schedule. The Wildcats were 18-2-1 against Chapel Hill, 10-6-2 against Decherd, 14-4-3 against Lynchburg, 4-0 against Viola, 5-1 against Tracy City, 14-4-2 against Wartrace, and 9-0 against Woodbury. 

Chapel Hill remained on the Tullahoma schedule too long. The final five games were all Wildcat wins by a combined score of 197-0. Murfreesboro Central would have the same type of shutout streak against Tullahoma between 1962-1968, outscoring the Wildcats 209-0.

Tullahoma lost its first bowl game 14-0 to powerhouse Springfield in 1941. The Mid-State Bowl was born when Wildcat Head Coach George 'Red' Swing challenged Yellow Jackets coach Boyce Smith to a battle in Springfield to claim supremacy in the Mid-State. 

Both teams were undefeated with one tie. Springfield showed it was the better team that day, and then again two years later. The 1943 rematch was a bigger deal because it was played at Vanderbilt's Dudley Field. The Yellow Jackets won that one 21-0. 

The Wildcats hosted Carthage in between those two losses to Springfield in 1942 at Wade Field in the Civic Bowl, beating the visitors from Trousdale County 27-7. Tullahoma didn't win another bowl game until 1983. That is 40 years without a bowl win. 

The tie came in 1957, when W.C. 'Dub' Cooper led the Wildcats to the Butter Bowl in Pulaski, where they held the favored Nashville private school to only seven points. 

Joe Gaddis took his first team to the Butter Bowl again in Pulaski to face powerful MBA after finishing the 1983 regular season with a 6-4 record. Tullahoma's defense shone, leading the Wildcats to a 7-0 victory. The Butter Bowl lasted a long time. 

Gaddis coached the Wildcats to three more bowls during the next three years, winning one and losing two. Wilkins Stadium and the Tullahoma Lions Club hosted all four times. Tullahoma was 1-1 against Antioch and lost to Smyrna. 

The 1990 Lions Bowl was the final appearance for the program in a bowl game, as Head Coach Dean Rodenbeck led the Wildcats to a 15-14 victory over Hendersonville in the Lions Bowl.

Tullahoma won four bowl games, lost nine, and tied one. The Wildcats scored 143 points in those 14 bowls, but gave up 248.

The 2020 Wildcats were the fifth Tullahoma football team to make it to the third round of the TSSAA playoffs. They played the entire season before limited crowds and strange conditions. Multiple contests were affected by lightning. It was Covid. They won 12 straight. 

The 2020 Cats were the second-most dominant team statistically in THS history. They scored 36.4 PPG and gave up only 9.6, a 26.8 margin of victory. The closest game was a 15-point win over Nolensville. They won their first two playoff games by an average score of 42 to 7.5. 

Senior Jakobe Thomas, a Miami Hurricane and former Tennessee Volunteer, provided much of the offensive firepower. Thomas averaged 80 rushing yards per game, gaining almost 900 yards and scoring 16 touchdowns, and averaged nine yards per carry. He caught 24 passes for 394 yards and five touchdowns. He had nearly 1600 yards in total offense during the season, averaging 145 yards per game.

He averaged 37 yards on kickoff returns and 13.5 per punt return. He SCORED almost 13 points per game and had 142 points during the season, including 23 touchdowns and four two-point conversions.

The Wildcats led Nolensville 14-13 at home late in the fourth quarter, when a snap to the THS punter sailed over his head and into the end zone for a safety, handing the Knights a trip to the semifinals. The Wildcats, without Thomas, brought home the gold ball the next season.

The following is a snippet from the coming book:

The 95th Coffee Pot came next, another home game for the Cats, and as sometimes happens when Manchester and Tullahoma play, we came out a little sluggish. The Red Raiders stopped the Wildcats on three straight fourth-down attempts, and with 9:42 left in the half, lightning came, and the game was delayed. It couldn’t have worked out any better for the Cardinal and Black.

Scott connected with Thomas for a six-yard touchdown, and Thomas returned a kickoff 76 yards for the second TD as the Cats took a 14-7 lead into the locker room. The offense clicked on all cylinders after intermission, with Scott connecting with Duncan from 40 yards away, Thomas scoring from the two, and Cummings’s first TD as a Wildcat coming with 11:17 left in the game. Tullahoma retained the Coffee Pot for the fourth consecutive year.

Game three saw the Wildcats head to Lewisburg for the first road game of the season. A trip to Marshall County is always difficult. The facilities at Sam Davis Park are terrible. At this time, it was always the third game of the season and the first region game. It was usually hot and muggy, typical early September weather, and this contest was no different.

The reason I said earlier that this was the most memorable win of the season for me, and the most fun game to call is because before this contest, other than the 2018 season when the Cats beat the Tigers twice, Tullahoma had lost four straight games to Marshall County by an average score of 42-12 (168-48). The two wins in 2018 came by only one and two points, respectively. The point here is we never stomp Lewisburg. Most of the games have been close, but neither was in 2020.

The series started in 1931 with a 12-6 Wildcat win, and the largest margin of victory for the Cats had been a 34-0 win in 1961. Most of Tullahoma’s wins in the series came at home. It is rare when a team goes to Lewisburg and beats the Tigers, and if they do, it is usually a close game. Not in 2020. Tullahoma absolutely boat-raced Marshall County, scoring 42 points in the final 32 minutes and shutting out the Tigers until the final minutes.

Just a year removed from breaking a 21-game losing skid, the 2018 Tullahoma Wildcats were the fourth THS football team to make it to the third round of the TSSAA playoffs. The 'Cats finished second in Region 4-4A behind Maplewood but ahead of Nolensville, Marshall Co. Spring Hill, and Lawrence Co.

Tullahoma beat Livingston Academy 37-23 in the opening round of the playoffs, scoring 14 points in the fourth quarter to break a 23-23 tie. Briasen Corn rushed 27 times for 170 yards and two TDs, and Ben Fulton connected with Kobe Burks on a 65-yard touchdown pass. 

The Wildcats hosted and beat Marshall County in round two. Ty Cox scored in the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7, and Ben Fulton connected with Hunter Palmer for a touchdown in the third quarter. Again, the game was tied 14-14 in the fourth quarter when Cox sacked Tigers QB Malik Thomison in the end zone for the game-winning safety. 

The Wildcats went to rainy, muddy, cold Maplewood and battled the Panthers nose-to-nose for four quarters, only to fall 6-2 in the third round to end the season 9-4. Cox led the defense with 10 tackles, including three sacks and another safety. 

Fulton finished the season completing 63% of his passes for 1,680 yards and 14 touchdowns. Corn carried the ball 228 times for 1,187 yards and 16 TDs. Burks led the receivers with 31 catches for 408 yards. 

Cox led the defense with 91 tackles and nine sacks, while Samari Layne had 85 tackles. As a team, the defense forced 29 turnovers, including 18 interceptions. Hunter Jewell, Quinton Howard, and Jakobe Thomas had three INT each.

The 1987 Wildcats were the second team in program history to reach the third round of the playoffs, and the first to advance to the fourth. Tullahoma's roster included two future NFL players and three SEC players. 

In the four previous years under Joe Gaddis, Tullahoma was 26-18. Three of the four years, the 'Cats finished 7-4. Although Gaddis had corrected the downturn of the early 1980s, all it had earned the Wildcats was four consecutive bowl games. 

Things came together in 1987. Maurice Shaw ran for 2,300 yards, and Antonio London and Steve Matthews blossomed into stars. The linemen were big (for 1987) and strong, and the TSSAA expanded the playoffs to include two teams from each region and another round of games in 1985. 

After starting the regular season 9-0, the Wildcats fell hard to undefeated Shelbyville 36-15 in game 10. But, Tullahoma rebounded and beat Lebanon in the first round, with Shaw carrying the ball 45 times for 213 yards and two scores. 

In the win over Cleveland, Shaw ran 30 times for 153 yards and three touchdowns, plus a 63-yard punt return TD. Shaw gained 201 yards on 26 carries and scored four touchdowns in the win over Knoxville Central. 

Jefferson County, behind Player of the Year Todd Collins, took advantage of Tullahoma's mistakes to edge the Cats 21-13 and end the 12-2 season. 1987 was the only year Tullahoma played 14 games or made it to the fourth round of the playoffs until 2021.

In 1953, a scrawny group of sophomores joined the Tullahoma Wildcat football team. The 'Cats had gone 2-7-1 the previous year, and this bunch must have thought they could do better. Eventually, they did much, much better. 

Among the youngsters were Frank Mullins, Brown Limbaugh, Richard Steioff, Tom Garrison, Raymond Welch, Jack Hagewood, and Alan Colyar. They weren't only young, but they were noted as being small. 

That sophomore class didn't change much about the Wildcats' fortunes in 1953. Instead, Tullahoma posted a 1-9-1 record under Head Coach Creed McClure and assistant Fred Grider. The 'Cats only scored 82 points while giving up 263. 

However, this sophomore class over the next two seasons led Tullahoma to 18 wins, two losses, and two ties. They were not eligible for bowl games because teams could play only 11 games per season. 

The defense shut out eight of those 22 opponents and only lost one CTC contest, a disappointing 13-6 loss to Shelbyville that ended the 1954 season and cost the Wildcats the conference championship. 

But, in 1955, they beat opponents by 30 points per game, with the only blemish on a 10-0-1 season a tie with pesky Lewisburg. It was the first unbeaten season for Tullahoma since 1936, and there wouldn't be another until 2021. Those three are the only unbeaten teams in Wildcat football history.

Tullahoma football history is not just about the old days. This project includes over 50 pages on just the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Here is an excerpt from the manuscript:

"It isn’t often that one play decides a state championship game or any game. An undefeated season seldom comes down to one play. A head coach at one school for 29 years is unlikely to end his coaching career hoisting the gold ball. And the 100-year history of high school football in Tullahoma wasn’t expected to end in a state championship, but it all happened.

A lot of things must go right to win a state title in any sport. It takes dedicated players, intense coaches, the backing of the community, and just a little bit of luck. The Wildcats didn’t need much luck during the 2021 football season, but they got what they needed. They steamrolled through 15 opponents by an average of almost 30 points. They were dominant.

After a city send-off Saturday morning, a caravan headed east on I-24. According to TSSAA administration, Elizabethton and Tullahoma brought one of the largest crowds ever to see a state championship game. Those who headed back west didn’t come home disappointed. Their trip was worth it. They witnessed a heavyweight championship bout, and their team came out on top.

Unlike previous years, when TSSAA state football championship weekend was at Tennessee Tech or MTSU, the 2021 season brought a change. Chattanooga was now the home of the title games and provided a central location for Tullahoma and Elizabethton to meet. They both brought thousands of supporters.

The sun peeked through the gathering clouds on an unseasonably warm December 4, 2021, at Finley Stadium. The single biggest play in 100 years of Wildcat football was about to begin. The two powerhouses had slugged it out for 48 minutes and an overtime period, yet remained tied at 14-14."

The Tullahoma Wildcats have had many great running backs in the 103 years of football. Marvancy Johnson will be a senior in 2025. He gained almost 1,500 yards on the ground last season and is poised to approach 3,000 yards or more for his career this season. 

Frank Mullins was the standard bearer for generations at Tullahoma. but others like Leroy Leech, Bobby Jernigan, Trey Burks, Rick Pless, Mitchell Jones, Everett Hatfield, Jim Bratcher, and Harlan Dewey have made their mark in THS history. 

However, no one remotely compares to Maurice Shaw (1985-87). After extensive research, we have uncovered Shaw's remarkable career and single-season statistics. We will save the single-season marks for the book, but know this: during his three years at Tullahoma, Maurice set a standard that, because of the nature of today's football, will likely never be approached. Ever.

36 Games - 800 Carries - 5,358 Yards - 66 Touchdowns - 5 2-PT Conversions

6.7 YPC - 149 YPG - 406 Points

BOOM

Head Coach: Creed McClure

Record: 7-3

Captain: Leroy Leech

Crimson Clover Bowl loss to Portland