BEST OF THE BLUE DEVILS
2007
THE 2007 TEAM SET A TEAM RECORD WITH 15 WINS WITH NO LOSSES. THEY ARE THE 2007 STATE 3A CHAMPIONS AS WELL AS THE 2007 REGION FOUR CHAMPIONS. THE 2007 BLUE DEVILS ALSO SET A CORDOVA RECORD BY SCORING 664 POINTS. THE VICTORY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ALSO GAVE THE CORDOVA BLUE DEVILS THEIR 500TH WIN. SCOTT BASDEN WAS THE COACH OF THESE BLUE DEVILS. 2007 WAS COACH BASDEN'S FOUR YEAR AT THE HELM OF THE BLUE DEVILS.
1963
THE TEAM WAS THE FIRST CORDOVA TEAM TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY WERE NAMED STATE 2A CHAMPIONS.
COACH WAYNE GRUBB WAS
THE COACH THAT YEAR. THE TEAM POSTED A 9-0-1 RECORD WITH A RECORD TYING 6 SHUTOUTS. THE 1963 TEAM SCORED 264 POINTS
WHILE ALLOWING THE OPPONENTS TO SCORE ONLY 58.
COACH WAYNE GRUBB WAS A GREAT FOOTBALL COACH AND A PERFECT CHOICE
FOR THE CORDOVA BLUE DEVIL TEAMS. COACH GRUBB'S TEAMS(1961-1965)
POSTED A 37-9-4 WITH 18 SHUTOUTS. ITS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
5 OF THE 9 LOSES IN IN HIS COACHING TENURE AT CORDOVA CAME HIS
FIRST YEAR AT CORDOVA. CORDOVA WAS COACH GRUBB'S FIRST COACHING JOB
EVER. CORDOVA IS HONORED AS BEING THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL COACH
CRUBB EVER COACHED. COACH GRUBB LATER COACHED
WITH THE BIRMINGHAM AMERICANS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, HEAD
FOOTBALL AT HOWARD COLLEGE(NOW SAMFORD UNIVERSITY), AND A VERY
SUCESSFUL COACHING TENURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA.
1995
THE TEAM WAS THE FIRST CORDOVA BLUE TEAM TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
WITH THE FIVE GAME PLAYOFF FORMAT THAT THE AHSAA NOW USES TO
GET A CHAMPION IN ALL 6 CLASSES OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. THE 1995
STATE 3A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM'S HEAD COACH WAS BRIAN MANER. THE 1995
TEAM POSTED A 13-2-0 OVERALL, SCORED 430 POINTS AND HELD FIFTEEN
OPPONENTS(TEN REGULAR SEASON & FIVE PLAYOFF) TO 150 POINTS. THIS
TEAM BROKE A STATE RECORD(ALL CLASSES INCLUDED)BY RUSHING FOR
A TOTAL OF 5186 YARDS THAT WAS STILL IN PLACE AT THE END OF
THE 1997 SEASON.
1949
CORDOVA'S FIRST TEAM TO GO UNDEFEATED AND HAD A RECORD OF 10-0.
CORDOVA'S 1949 TEAM SCORED 236 POINTS WHILE HOLDING ALL TEN
OPPONENTS TO A MERE 43 POINTS. THE 1949 TEAM RECORDED A RECORD
TYING SIX SHUTOUTS. THE COACH OF 1949 BLUE DEVILS WAS JACK
CORNELIUS. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE NO NAMED STATE CHAMPIONS
AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE STATE, LET ALONE PLAYOFFS. I COULD
NOT LEAVE THIS TEAM OUT AS ONE OF THE FIVE BEST IN CORDOVA BLUE
DEVIL HISTORY.
1972
CORDOVA'S BLUE DEVILS FIRST RUN IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS. THIS
WAS A GREAT BLUE DEVIL FOOTBALL TEAM. TWELVE STRAIGHT WINS(TEN
IN REGULAR AND TWO IN THE PLAYOFFS) SHOT THIS BUNCH OF BLUE DEVILS
INTO ITS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. COACH CHARLIE BROWN
SET THIS STANDARD OF PLAYOFF FOOTBALL FOR THE BLUE DEVILS.
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LONGEST WINNING STREAKS
#ONE..19.GAMES..2007-2008..15 GAMES UNDER COACH SCOTT BASDEN IN 2007 INCLUDING THE STATE 3A CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS THE FIRST FOUR GAMES OF THE 2008 SEASON UNDER COACH PETE BUSH
#TWO.. 14.GAMES.. 1948-1950
LAST TWO GAMES OF 1948(COACH F L LOCKRIDGE), TEN GAMES IN 1949 AND FIRST TWO GAMES OF 1950(COACH JACK CORNELIUS)
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#THREE..13.GAMES.. 1993-1994 COACH BRIAN MANER
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TIE #FOUR.. 12.GAMES.. 1991 COACH TIM ONEAL
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TIE #FOUR.. 12.GAMES.. 1972 COACH CHARLIE BROWN
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TIE #FOUR.. 12.GAMES.. 1963-1964 COACH WAYNE GRUBB. TEN GAMES IN 1963 & FIRST THREE GAMES OF 1964. THIS WAS A THIRTEEN GAME GROUP THAT HAD ONE TIE BUT NO LOSSES.
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#FIVE..11.GAMES.. 1995-1996 LAST NINE GAMES OF 1995(COACH BRIAN MANER & FIRST TWO GAMES OF 1996(COACH RANDY SMITH)
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TIE #SIX.. 10.GAMES.. 2005 COACH SCOTT BASDEN
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TIE #SIX 10.GAMES.. 1984-1985 COACH TIM ONEAL
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MOST POINTS BY BLUE DEVIL TEAMS
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TEAMS BEFORE PLAYOFFS (1940-1971)
285 1954-COACH FRED KNIGHT
264 1963-COACH WAYNE GRUBB
240 1967-COACH JOHNNY GRUBB
236 1949-COACH JACK CORNELIUS
229 1953-COACH FRED KNIGHT
212 1964-COACH WAYNE GRUBB
211 1956-COACH FRED KNIGHT
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TEAMS WITH STATE PLAYOFFS IN PLACE (1972-PRESENT)
664 2007-COACH SCOTT BASDEN
446 2005-COACH SCOTT BASDEN
430 1995-COACH BRIAN MANER
410 1991-COACH TIM ONEAL
407 1990-COACH TIM ONEAL
392 1988-COACH TIM ONEAL
389 1994-COACH BRIAN MANER
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BLUE DEVIL PLAYOFF RECORD IS 29 WINS & 17 LOSSES
BLUE DEVIL COACHES PLAYOFF RECORD
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12 WINS .. 8 LOSSES COACH TIM ONEAL 1981-1991
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......... 7 WINS .. 2 LOSSES COACH SCOTT BASDEN 2004-2007
7 WINS .. 3 LOSSES COACH BRIAN MANER 1993-1995
1997-1998
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2 WINS .. 2 LOSSES COACH CHARLIE BROWN 1970-1975
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1 WIN .. 1 LOSS COACH JOE NETTLES 1992
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0 WIN .. 1 LOSS COACH HEATH HARMAN 2002-2003
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BLUE DEVIL DEFENSIVE SHUTOUT RECORD
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TEAMS WITH SIX SHUTOUTS
1947-COACH F L LOCKRIDGE
1949-COACH JACK CORNELIUS
1952-COACH FRED KNIGHT
1954-COACH FRED KNIGHT
1963-COACH WAYNE GRUBB
1989-COACH TIM ONEAL
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TEAMS WITH FIVE SHUTOUTS
1955-COACH FRED KNIGHT
1962-COACH WAYNE GRUBB
1965-COACH WAYNE GRUBB
1972-COACH CHARLIE BROWN
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TEAMS WITH FOUR SHUTOUTS
1941-COACH ALLEN DOUGLAS
1945-COACH ALLEN DOUGLAS
1946-COACH ALLEN DOUGLAS
1974-COACH CHARLIE BROWN
1988-COACH TIM ONEAL
2005-COACH SCOTT BASDEN
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