J O Johnson High School - Harmony Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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 J zcativi '’omfi. tfis. This was the game which determined who would be the Class 4 A Region II football champions. Unfortunately Decatur won 21 0. The Raiders got 246 yards rushing to a Jaguar 22. Johnson closed the season with a 5-4 record, 2-2 in region play. The first Decatur touchdown came in the second quarter when the Raiders got 55 yards on 15 plays and one 12 yard pass. Decatur quarterback Benny Perrin scored from one yard out. Robert Lee kicked the extra point. Johnson was unable to move the ball and Clint Varnado had to punt. The punt went off the side of his foot and out of bounds on the Johnson 22. Decatur drove the ball to the end zone in three plays. Lee kicked again, and the Raiders led 14-0. Even though the Jaguars drove the ball from their own twenty to the Decatur 10 they lost the ball on downs and the Raiders drove it back 90 yards. Perrin passed 20 yards to Roger Plemons to score. Lee kicked the extra point. Final score: 21-0. TOP PICTURE. TOP TO BOTTOM: Franklin Harris. Todd Brooks. Thomas Johnson. Danny Duke. Clarence Johnson. Walter Stephens, Peter Procter. George Malone. Anthony Malone. Reggie Curtis MIDDLE PICTURE. LEFT TO RIGHT. FRONT ROW Tim Huggins. Mike Hunter. Darryl Jones. Reggie Curtis. Jeff Brouch. BACK ROW Todd Brooks, Mike Adcock. Rusty Saylor. Ken Ratcliff. Charles Marsh BOTTOM PICTURE. LEFT TO RIGHT. FRONT ROW Ronnie Godsey, Jimmy Bregaurd, Frank Vaughn. Carl Jordon. Bo Lundy. Charles Kimery, Joey Johnson. Bill Blackstone. Walter Watson.

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ZLHom ' f Ws, '(j£ [ssn rivals, for a [orig terns. Ot fss[± good to fiavs a (jig win Cilzs tfiat. ” Sxic [Urgant The Jaguars defeated Grissom 8-0 during city’s first double homecoming and caused the Tigers to lose their title of defending city and region champs. Johnson and Grissom were even in number of first downs, but Johnson had 125 yards rushing and no fumbles, while Grissom had only 51 yards 234 rushing and lost one fumble. At the start of the fourth quarter Grissom drove to the Jaguar 16 yard line, but a fourth and eight pass attempt was battled down in the backficld by tackle Sam Alexander. Then, the Jaguars got possession of the ball and drove it 84 yards in twelve plays for the only score. When Cedric Brownlee crossed the goal line with 6:58 left in the game. On the extra point attempt, Sam Bucy juggled the high snap from center, rolled right, and hit Jimmt Finn in the end zone for two points. The Jaguar defense allowed Grissom into Jaguar territory only five times and held Grissom to 17 yards rushing in the second half. 9x£6.(l man 9 oo tUC TOP PICTURE. LEFT TO RIGHT. FRONT ROW Darrel Horton, Marko Erskine, Alan Renfro BACK ROW Rex Jones. Gary Davis, Paul Proctor, Toby Morgan. Roland Clark. Philip Saracacino MIDDLE PICTURE. BACK TO FRONT Mark Ivey. Bill Bell. Paul Erickson, Mike Minnis, Rainey Hall, Jeff Feam, R. C. Fletcher.

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