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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS:

 SEASON SCORING LEADER:  STEVE STOOTS  (174 POINTS) 3RD IN STATE  1968

 CAREER SCORING LEADER: JACOLBY BOND (360 POINTS) 2002-2004

 SEASON RUSHING LEADER: STEVE STOOTS (2351 YARDS) 1968

 CAREER RUSHING LEADER: JACOLBY BOND (4859 YARDS) 2002-2004

 MOST PASSING YARDS IN A CAREER:  CRAIG HARRIS  (2480 YARDS)  2002-2004

 MOST CAREER EXTRA POINTS MADE: PATRICK BLACK  (62)  1995

 MOST CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE:  PATRICK BLACK  (17)  1995 

 MOST TACKLES IN A GAME:  21  (COREY MOORE)  1994

 MOST TACKLES IN A CAREER:  STEVE TURNER  (251) 2002-2004

 MOST INTERCEPTIONS IN A SEASON:  11  (JASON GIOMPOLETTI)  1995

 MOST SACKS IN A SEASON:   16  (COREY MOORE)  1994

 TEAM RECORDS:

 HAYWOOD WON 23 STRAIGHT GAMES FROM 1960-1962

 HAYWOOD WON 29 STRAIGHT GAMES FROM 1966-1970

 HAYWOOD HAS HAD JUST 6 LOSING SEASONS SINCE 1955

 HAYWOOD HAS HAD 4 UNDEFEATED TEAMS:  1957, 1961, 1968, 1969

 MOST FUMBLES BY HAYWOOD IN A GAME:  (10)   2006

 MOST FUMBLES LOST BY HAYWOOD IN A GAME:   (8)   2006

 MOST PENALTIES BY HAYWOOD IN A GAME:  23 VS. RIDGEWAY (2004) 

 MOST POINTS SCORED BY HAYWOOD IN A GAME:   115  VS. NEWBERN  (1920)

 LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY BY A HHS TEAM (115-0) VS. NEWBERN 10/25/20

 LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT FOR A HHS TEAM (0-90) VS. MAYFIELD 11/11/20

 MOST POINTS SCORED BY HAYWOOD IN A SEASON:   558  (1995)

 MOST POINTS SCORED BY A HHS TEAM IN 11-GAME SEASON (491) 1963 TEAM

 MOST POINTS SCORED BY A HHS TEAM IN 10-GAME SEASON (398) 1966 TEAM

 BEST SCORING AVERAGE IN A SEASON:   44.6  (1963)

 MOST WINS BY HAYWOOD IN A SEASON:   14   (1995)

 BEST HAYWOOD COACHING PERCENTAGE:  83%  (JOHN HOOPER) 1955-1970

 FROM 1955-1995 HHS WON 76% OF ALL ITS FOOTBALL GAMES (340-100-5)

 FIRST HHS TEAM TO GO UNDEFEATED (REGULAR SEASON) 1941 TEAM

 FIRST HHS TEAM TO GO UNDEFEATED (ENTIRE SEASON) 1957 TEAM

 AT LEAST ONE SHUTOUT PER YEAR WAS RECORDED BY HHS FOR 36 CONSECUTIVE YEARS (1956-1991)

 MOST SHUTOUTS RECORDED IN ONE SEASON (7) 1941 TEAM

 FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED BY A HHS TEAM IN ONE SEASON (20) 1942 TEAM

 FIRST OVERTIME GAME BY A HHS TEAM (HAYWOOD COUNTY – 0 VS. COVINGTON – 6) 1977

 MOST OVERTIMES IN ONE GAME (4) HHS – 21 VS. JACKSON NORTH SIDE – 24 (10/27/00)

 LAST HHS TEAM TO TIE A GAME (11/10/72)  0 – 0 VS. COVINGTON

 MOST TIES BY A HHS TEAM IN ONE SEASON (3) 1972 TEAM

 FIRST HHS TEAM TO PLAY MORE THAN 11 GAMES IN A SEASON (15) 1994 TEAM

 FIRST BOWL GAME FOR HHS (TINY KNEE BOWL) 11/4/51 (HHS  - 33 VS. NEWBERN – 27)

 LAST BOWL GAME FOR HHS (TOBACCO BOWL) 11/9/85 (HHS – 33 VS. GREENBRIER – 6)

 FIRST POSTSEASON VICTORY FOR HHS (TINY KNEE BOWL) 11/4/1951

 MOST GAMES PLAYED AT HOME IN A 9-GAME SCHEDULE (6) 1927

 MOST GAMES PLAYED AT HOME IN A 10-GAME SCHEDULE (7) 1986

 MOST GAMES PLAYED AT HOME IN AN 11-GAME SCHEDULE (8) 1941

 ONLY HHS TEAM TO DEFEAT JACKSON (JCM) TWICE IN THE SAME YEAR (1968)

 FACILITIES:

 HAYWOOD PLAYED FOOTBALL AT MOSES FIELD (LOCATED WHERE WELLS-LAMONT FACTORY WAS BUILT)   FROM 1912-1921.

 HAYWOOD PLAYED FOOTBALL AT THE BASEBALL FIELD (LOCATED WEST OF HIGHWAY 54 NORTH/NORTH  WASHINGTON INTERSECTION) FROM 1922-1930.

 HAYWOOD PLAYED FOOTBALL AT ANDERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FIELD FROM 1931-1948.

 LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED AT ANDERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FIELD IN 1935.

 ONLY THE WEST SIDE AT ANDERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FIELD HAD STANDS.

 MEMORIAL STADIUM (CURRENT STADIUM) WAS BUILT IN 1949.

 THE ORIGINAL EAST SIDE STANDS OF MEMORIAL FIELD WERE BUILT IN 1952.  (1634 SEATS)

 THE WEST SIDE STANDS OF MEMORIAL FIELD WERE BUILT IN 1963. (1600 SEATS)

 THE HOME SIDE OF MEMORIAL FIELD WAS THE EAST SIDE UNTIL 1969.

 THE ORIGINAL EAST SIDE STANDS OF MEMORIAL FIELD WERE DEMOLISHED IN 2008.

 METAL BLEACHERS WERE INSTALLED IN 2008 ON THE EAST SIDE (1486 SEATS)

 THE EAST SIDE PRESS BOX WAS BUILT IN 1952.

 THE EAST SIDE PRESS BOX WAS TORN DOWN IN 1991.

 THE WEST SIDE PRESS BOX OF MEMORIAL FIELD WAS BUILT IN 1990.

 THE EAST SIDE PRESS BOX OF MEMORIAL FIELD WAS ONE STORY IN 1959 AND TWO STORIES IN 1963.

 THE WEST SIDE PRESS BOX WAS NAMED FOR EUGENE TOUNG IN 1992.

 MEMORIAL FIELD WAS NAMED IN MEMORY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY SERVICEMAN THAT DIED IN PREVIOUS  WARS (1952)

 MEMORIAL FIELD WAS NAMED FOR L. Z. HURLEY ON JANUARY 17, 1983.

 MEMORIAL STADIUM WAS NAMED FOR JOHN B. HOOPER ON MAY 18, 1998.

 THE SOUTH CONCESSION STAND AT JOHN B. HOOPER STADIUM WAS OPENED 9/7/01 (HHS VS. JACKSON  NORTH SIDE)

 THE RUBBER TRACK (FIRST TRACK IN HAYWOOD COUNTY) WAS INSTALLED AT MEMORIAL FIELD IN 1965

 THE FIRST JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL GAME WAS PLAYED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1987 (MIKE YOUNG, COACH)

 PEPSI SCOREBOARD INSTALLED 10/29/02

 FIRST HHS FIELDHOUSE WAS BUILT BEHIND COLLEGE HILL SCHOOL IN 1962

 MISCELLANEOUS:

FIRST GAME EVER FILMED IN COLOR WAS THE CHEMICAL BOWL IN COLUMBIA VS. MANCHESTER (1967)

 HAYWOOD HAS PLAYED FOOTBALL ON ARTIFICIAL GRASS 5 TIMES:  MTSU (1973), APSU (1979), APSU  (1980), VANDERBILT (1994), AND VANDERBILT (1995)

 GEORGE CHAPMAN WAS THE FIRST TOMCAT FOOTBALL PLAYER TO WEAR CONTACT LENS (1963)

 HAYWOOD IS THE ONLY FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE THAT HAS THE NICKNAME  ‘TOMCATS’

 LARRY BANKS WAS THE LAST 4-YEAR STARTER FOR HHS (1955-1958)

 THE HAYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL “H” CLUB WAS STARTED IN 1942 BY COACH ED THOMPSON.

 FOUR GENERATIONS OF ‘LIVINGSTONS’ HAVE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR HHS: WILSON, SR.; WILSON,  JR./HARVEY; DAVID/LARRY; AND GEORGE.

 THE HAYWOOD COUNTY MUSEUM OPENED THE SPORTS ROOM IN 1996

 DARYL BOWLES IS THE ONLY TOMCAT TO PARTICIPATE IN NFL (1983-1985)

 COREY MOORE IS THE ONLY COLLEGIATE ALL AMERICAN (VIRGINIA TECH) FROM HAYWOOD COUNTY

 ‘TOMCATS’ WAS FIRST PRINTED ON THE FRONT OF THE HAYWOOD JERSEYS IN 1966

 


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