The North Jackson Winning Tradition
(Last updated 02/04/12)

When the successful programs of Stevenson and Bridgeport merged to form North Jackson High School in 1988, the consolidated school continued the winning traditions of the merging schools.  Since NJHS started playing football in 1988, the Chiefs have compiled an on-field record of 225 wins against 61 losses while going to the Alabama Playoffs every year of the school's existence with the lone exception of 1999.  North Jackson gained a tremendous respect from both ends of the state since its inception.

Most of North Jackson's players come from Bridgeport Middle School and Stevenson Middle School.  While a few students may transfer to NJHS from time to time, the football programs at both of those schools have provided a lot of talented athletes for the Chiefs over the past 24 years, allowing the North Jackson program to field good teams season after season.

During the 24 year journey to the present, North Jackson has won some big games, and it has accomplished several milestones.  The Chiefs' 35-28 win over Cleburne County on November 4h, 2011 marked the school's 225th victory since its creation in 1988.  North Jackson's milestone wins are shown below.

North Jackson's Milestone Victories

Win

Team

Score

Year

1

Section

28 - 0

1988

25

West Point

42 - 22

1990

50

Madison County

69 - 0

1993

75

McCallie

24 - 0

1996

100

East Limestone

21 - 14

2000

125

Guntersville

20 - 7

2002

150

Scottsboro

30 - 27

2004

175

Priceville

48 - 7

2007

200

Brooks

36 - 19

2009

225

Cleburne County

35 - 28

2011

The creation of North Jackson has also established a heated rivalry with Scottsboro High School, about 15 miles away, providing some of the most exciting football in the state.  The 4A Chiefs have chalked up a very respectable 19 - 5 record versus the 5A Wildcats in their short history, including the current string of eight wins in a row (2004 - 2011).  North Jackson won the 2011 game 37-12.

NJHS began its existence in the 5A classification for the 1988 and 1989 seasons, but dropped down to 4A in 1990.  NJHS won the Class 4A state championship in 1993 and moved back up to 5A soon after.  North Jackson was one of the smallest schools in 5A and did well during their time there, going to the playoffs every year until 1999.  After the 1999 season, the Alabama High School Athletic Association realigned all of its member schools to allow for more equal competition and minimal travel for the teams.  Due to the realignment, the Chiefs moved from the 5A classification back to 4A in 2000 and competed with a brand new set of opponents. Here is a history of North Jackson's accomplishments through the seasons:

Year Class Achievement

1988

5A

Area Champion (8-3)

1989

5A

Area Champion (7-4)

1990

4A

Area Champion (12-1)

1991

4A

Area Champion  (9-4)

1992

4A

Area Champion  (7-4)

1993

4A

Area Champion 
State Champion (14-1)

1994

5A

Area Champion (9-2)

1995

5A

Area Runner-Up (8-4)

1996

5A

Area Runner-Up (9-1)

1997

5A

Area Runner-Up (6-4)

1998

5A

Area Runner-Up (6-4)

1999

5A

Did not place (3-6)

2000

4A

Region Champion (9-2)

2001

4A

Region Champion (13-1)

2002

4A

Region Champion
State Runner-Up (14-1)

2003

4A

Region Champion (9-3)

2004

4A

Region Runner-up (8-3)

2005

4A

Region Champion (12-1)

2006

4A

Region Champion (9-3)

2007

 4A

Region Champion (11-1)

2008

 4A

Region Champion (10-2)

2009

 4A

Third place in Region (9-4)

2010

 4A

Region Champion (13-1)

2011

 4A

Region Champion (11-1)

In recent history, NJHS won the 4A Region 7 Championship in 2000, advancing to the second round of the state playoffs before falling to Brooks High School, 31-42.  In 2001, North Jackson again won the Region 7 title and advanced to the 4A semi-final game before losing to state runner-up, Cleburne County, 23-28.  In 2002, the Chiefs won their third consecutive Region 7 title and advanced to the 4A final game in Birmingham, where they fell to the defending 4A champion UMS-Wright Bulldogs 3-7 on a late fourth quarter touchdown.  In 2003, the Chiefs won their fourth consecutive Region 7 title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs before falling to Brooks 15-14.  In 2004, the Chiefs did not win the region title for the first time since dropping back to 4A in 2000.  North Jackson finished as runner-up to East Limestone which won the Region 7 crown.  

North Jackson won the Region 7 title again in 2005 and made it to the third round of the 4A playoffs.  In 2006, the Chiefs won their sixth Region 7 Championship in the past seven years and went to the second round of the playoffs before falling to Dora.  The Chiefs again won the Region 7 title in 2007 and advanced to the second round before losing to Guntersville.  

In 2008, North Jackson won its fourth consecutive Region 7 title, losing to Deshler in the second round of the playoffs.  Winning the Region 7 title makes the 2008 senior class the first in NJ history to never lose a region game, registering a perfect 28-0 region record.  The Chiefs ended 2009 as the third place qualifier and advanced to the third round of the 4A playoffs before losing to eventual champion Cherokee County.  2010 proved to be a banner year as the Chiefs won the Region 7 title once again and advanced to the semi-final round of the 4A playoffs before losing to the Deshler Tigers.  The 2010 Chiefs led the state in scoring for much of the season and finished second to Deshler in scoring for the year.

The Chiefs won the 2011 Region 7 title again, defeating Fairview 30-21 in Fairview.  North Jackson won its first round game with Cleburne County 35-28 but came up short against Fayette County and was eliminated in the second round 32-40.

In the 10 seasons since the beginning of the region system in 2000, North Jackson has only lost 4 region games.

Region 7 Results by Year

Year Games Won Lost Winning
Percentage
2000 7 6 1 0.857
2001 7 7 0 1.000
2002 7 7 0 1.000
2003 7 7 0 1.000
2004 7 6 1 0.857
2005 7 7 0 1.000
2006 7 7 0 1.000
2007 7 7 0 1.000
2008 7 7 0 1.000
2009 7 5 2 0.714
2010 7 7 0 1.000
2011 7 7 0 1.000
Totals 84 80 4 0.952

In its football history, North Jackson has shown no fear in playing larger schools.  Playing in the 5A classification, almost every that school NJ played was larger.  At times, North Jackson has even competed against schools in the 6A classification.  NJHS has done well against them too, holding an 11-2 record versus 6A.  

North Jackson has sent graduating players to some of the top football programs in the country, including the University of Alabama, University of Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Tennessee Tech, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Bethel University, Jacksonville State University, and the United States Military Academy (West Point). 

Listed below is the year by year breakdown of North Jackson football history.  Wins are shown in green while losses are shown in red.

Regular Season
Year

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Record

8-3

7-4

12-1

9-4

7-4

14-1*

9-2

8-4

9-1

6-4

6-4

3-6

9-2

13-1

14-1

9-3

8-3

12-1

9-3

11-1

10-2

9-4

13-1

11-1
Albertville

42-0

18-20

40-6

21-7

-

-

26-23

34-8

14-10

13-0

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ardmore

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 40-14 56-22 51-7 61-14 - - - -
Athens

-

-

-

-

-

-

8-6

22-13

26-16

6-24

 20-49 17-41 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Boaz

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 28-14 48-32 - - - - - - - -
Bob Jones

21-7

30-2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Buckhorn

-

-

42-6

34-0

35-6

39-0

-

-

-

-

 16-6 7-26 - - 21-0 40-22 - - 6-10 35-21 - - - -
Butler

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 55-14 58-0
Carver

-

-

-

-

-

26-0

26-14

32-7

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cherokee County

-

-

21-0

19-20

23-7

26-14

40-15

25-8

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 48-19 34-7
Columbia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - 45-14 42-7 47-19 54-13 - -
Crossville

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 56-21 56-8
Cullman

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 33-27 0-30 - - - - - - - -
DAR

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - 61-0 49-6 34-0 41-6 66-0 55-0
Douglas

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 53-12 52-8 42-7 53-13 - - 46-0 60-7 49-6 48-7
East Lawrence

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 48-0 40-14 - - - - 36-7 69-7 - - - -
East Limestone

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 21-14 19-14 10-7 48-21 6-14 50-20 21-14 24-7 - - - -
Etowah

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31-0

6-42

 6-28 7-37 - 28-21 - - - - 21-28 21-14 19-14 56-34 - -
Fairview

-

-

44-0

35-0

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 41-13 42-6 48-0 54-20 53-0 42-7 - - 42-21 44-21 42-14 30-21
Fort Payne

13-28

49-48

21-14

6-28

20-24

21-6

21-14

6-3

42-11

13-9

 21-7 13-12 43-0 38-9 - - - - - - 14-35 24-28 - -
Franklin Co, TN

-

-

19-14

0-10

3-5

31-0

7-2

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gadsden

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - 15-21 30-14 - - - - - -
Guntersville

-

-

24-14

14-7

21-22

13-23

20-10

30-34

21-0

34-6

 - - 14-17 28-10 20-7 41-13 25-6 25-14 - - 14-13 23-30 24-6 23-21
Hartselle

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

33-17

33-7

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hazel Green

34-0

37-7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 13-27 26-9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hueytown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

28-21

35-21

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
J.O. Johnson

-

-

-

-

14-6

27-6

-

-

-

-

 28-14 7-27 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lavergne

62-0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lawrence County

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 17-12 38-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Madison Academy

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 42-7 31-10
Madison County

-

-

-

-

44-6

69-0

-

-

-

-

 - - 60-7 49-7 41-7 47-7 47-20 52-20 14-7 45-7 - - - -
Marion County

7-21

28-30

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
McCallie

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

27-0

24-0

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minor - - - - - - - - -

-

27-21

14-28

 - - - - - - - - - - - -
New Hope

24-0

35-28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Greene

-

-

48-14

33-3

35-7

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pepperell

-

-

-

-

-

-

0-21

6-9

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Plainview

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - 18-12 33-7 - - 27-14 7-14 - -
Priceville

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - 35-0 48-7 62-7 69-0 - -
R.A. Hubbard

-

28-16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - 62-15 42-8
Scottsboro

17-14

0-41

28-6

25-0

14-3

46-0

32-6

20-23

26-23

19-22

 35-13 7-17 32-6 20-0 19-6 6-24 30-27 46-21 19-7 24-3 25-7 47-24 48-7 37-12
Section

28-0

41-0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sparkman

35-6

26-0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sylvania

-

-

-

-

21-9

48-0

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Talladega - - - - - - - - -

-

27-0

26-7

 - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Limestone

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - 63-13 55-14 - - - - - - - - - -
West Point

-

-

42-22

52-0

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - -

30-0

34-6

42-28

45-13

-

-

-

-

-

-
Wilson

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

41-7

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

State Playoffs
Year

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011
Russellville

9-13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Coffee

-

7-12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chelsea

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 14-0 - 7-21 - - - - - - -
Curry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 38-7 - - - - - - - - -
Winfield

-

-

35-0

27-7

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - 26-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Colbert County

-

-

21-14

21-7

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Deshler

-

-

13-35

14-28

-

-

-

-

-

-

 - - - - 24-14 - - 13-35 - - 0-39 - 14-28 -
Piedmont

-

-

-

-

21-22

21-6

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cherokee County

-

-

-

-

-

34-0

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - 32-56 - -
Cleburne County

-

-

-

-

-

28-2

-

-

-

-

 - - - 23-28 10-0 - - - - - - - - 35-28
Fayette County

-

-

-

-

-

28-7

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - -

30-14

 32-40
Daleville

-

-

-

-

-

21-14*

-

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Buckhorn

-

-

-

-

-

-

34-0

-

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Athens

-

-

-

-

-

-

7-31

34-0

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Homewood

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20-23

-

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saks

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21-25

-

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Erwin

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13-19

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Anniston

-

 - - - - - - - - -

7-28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Emma Sansom

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

14-0

 - - 34-26

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Brooks

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

31-42

 - - 14-15  - 54-20 - - - 36-19 56-27 -
Corner

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

42-14

 - - - - - - - - - -
Leeds

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

17-14

 - - - - - - - - - -
UMS-Wright

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

3-7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
St. Clair County

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

27-26

-

-

-

-

-

-
Boaz

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

26-7

-

-

-

-

-
Dora

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14-28

-

-

-

-

-
Oneonta

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

65-13

-

-

-

-
Guntersville

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10-17

-

16-14

-

-
East Lawrence

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

56-26

-

-

-
Central-Florence

-

 - - - - - - - - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

52-20

 -

* 1993 Class 4-A State Championship Game

North Jackson's On-field Record and Points Scored Against All Opponents Played

Team

Nickname

Classification (2002)

Won

Lost

NJHS Points

Opponent Points

Albertville

Aggies

5A

7

1

208

74

Anniston

Bulldogs

5A

0

1

7

28

Ardmore

Tigers

4A

4

0

208

57

Athens

Golden Eagles

5A

4

4

140

180

Boaz

Pirates

4A

3

0

102

53

Bob Jones

Patriots

6A

2

0

51

9

Brooks

Lions

4A

3

2

191

124

Buckhorn

Bucks

6A

9

2

309

96

Butler

Rebels

4A

2

0

113

14

Carver

Rams

6A

3

0

84

21

Central-Florence

Wildcats

4A

1

0

52

20

Chelsea

Hornets

4A

1

1

21

21

Cherokee County

Warriors

4A

8

2

307

146

Cleburne County

Tigers

4A

3

1

96

58

Coffee

Yellow Jackets

5A

0

1

7

12

Colbert County

Indians

3A

2

0

33

21

Columbia

Eagles

4A

4

0

188

53

Corner

Yellow Jackets

4A

1

0

42

14

Crossville

Lions

4A

2

0

112

29

Cullman

Bearcats

5A

1

1

33

57

Curry

Yellow Jackets

4A

1

0

38

7

Daleville

Warhawks

4A

1

0

21

14

DAR

Patriots

4A

6

0

306

12

Deshler

Tigers

4A

1

5

78

179

Dora

Bulldogs

4A

0

1

14

28

Douglas

Eagles

4A

8

0

403

60

East Lawrence

Eagles

4A

5

0

249

54

East Limestone

Indians

4A

7

1

199

111

Emma Sansom

Rebels

4A

2

0

48

26

Erwin

Eagles

5A

0

1

13

19

Etowah

Blue Devils

5A

5

4

195

218

Fairview

Aggies

4A

12

0

517

123

Fayette County

Tigers

4A

2

1

90

61

Fort Payne

Wildcats

5A

11

5

365

276

Franklin County (TN)

Rebels  

5A (TN) *

3

2

65

31

Gadsden

Tigers

5A

1

1

45

35

Guntersville

Wildcats

4A

14

6

435

301

Hartselle

Tigers

4A

2

0

66

24

Hazel Green

Trojans

5A

3

1

110

43

Homewood

Patriots

5A

0

1

20

23

Hueytown

Golden Gophers

6A

2

0

63

42

J.O. Johnson

Jaguars

5A

3

1

76

53

Lavergne (TN)

Wolverines

5A (TN) *

1

0

62

0

Lawrence County

Red Devils

4A

2

0

55

26

Leeds

Green Wave

4A

1

0

17

14

Madison Academy

Mustangs

3A

2

0

73

17

Madison County

Tigers

5A

10

0

467

88

Marion County (TN)

Warriors

2A (TN) ***

0

2

35

42

McCallie (TN)

Blue Tornado

3A (TN) **

2

0

51

0

Minor

Tigers

6A

1

1

41

49

New Hope

Indians

3A

2

0

59

28

North Greene (TN)

Huskies

1A (TN) ****

3

0

116

24

Oneonta

Redskins

4A

1

0

65

13

Pepperell (GA)

Dragons

6AAA

0

2

6

30

Piedmont

Bulldogs

3A

1

1

41

28

Plainview

Bears

4A

3

1

85

47

Priceville

Bulldogs

4A

4

0

214

14

R.A. Hubbard

Chiefs

1A

3

0

132

39

Russellville

Golden Tigers

5A

0

1

9

13

Saks

Wildcats

4A

0

1

21

25

Scottsboro

Wildcats

5A

19

5

626

312

Section

Lions

1A

2

0

69

0

Sparkman

Senators

6A

2

0

61

6

St. Clair County

Fighting Saints

4A

1

0

27

26

Sylvania

Rams

2A

2

0

69

9

Talladega

Tigers

5A

2

0

53

7

UMS-Wright

Bulldogs

4A

0

1

3

7

West Limestone

Wildcats

3A

2

0

118

27

West Point

Warriors

4A

6

0

245

69

Wilson

Warriors

4A

1

0

41

7

Winfield

Pirates

3A

3

0

88

13

 

 

Totals

225

61

8,668

3,808

* Enrollment 1348 and above
**  Enrollment 1208
*** Enrollment 568
**** Enrollment 346

NJHS Record versus the classifications

Record versus . . . .  Played Won Lost Winning 
Percentage
Class 6A  13 11 2 .846
 Class 5A  78 52 26 .666
 Class 4A  157 132 26 .841
 Class 3A  15 14 1 .933
 Class 2A  2 2 0 1000
 Class 1A  5 5 0 1000
Tennessee Teams  13 9 4 .692
Georgia Teams   2 0 2 .000

Overall 

 286 225 61 .786