Since 2003 Belfry Fans have been experiencing what could be described as the best stretch in school history. Tonight they face the Russell Red Devils and I got to thinking earlier this week how they have held up against only their in state opponents in that time frame.

 

I took only the data against their KY opponents since 2003 to compile this infographic. The left side only contains data from losses and the right only data from wins.

 

 

From all the data crunching I came away with a few takeaways.

 

• 1. I did not expect Lawrence Co to be the lead in teams Belfry has a streak against. I expected this to be PCC, I did not realize LC had their last win against the Pirates in 2002. LC takes the nod due to the many times the two have met a second time in the playoffs.
  
• 2. 2016 has a smaller and incomplete data set to pull from but the numbers show them to be hands down the best team of the bunch against KY opponents in the time frame.
  
• 3. In terms of Win Margins, Shutouts, Pts for and against Avgs I would have to say that the teams would rank in this order. I purposely do not consider State Title wins and only the only field performance in a win to compile this ranking, If I considered State Titles it would most def have to change: 2016, 2004, 2012, 2008, 2015, 2014, 2003, 2007, 2005, 2006 2011, 2009, 2010
  
• 4. 2003 and 2004 get a lot of Nostalgia for their great backfields but the 2007 team put up the most points at 610, 54 more than the 2004 team scored, initial instinct was that this was due to weaker playoff competition due to reclassification in 07. This turned out not to be the case as the 04 team outscored the 07 team in the playoffs.
  
• 5. Prior to the the 2016 defense that has only given up 62 points to in state competition the best Belfry in state defense was the 2012 State Runner ups who only allowed 105 (8.75 ppg) against in state teams. Barring a meltdown the 2016 team should take that spot over hands down.
  

WOW! Very Impressive ATLPirate!

 

LOT of work to put this together! Great Job!

I'd forgotten that Belfry inexplicably lost to Boyd County in '03 via shutout. Apparently, Boyd were giant slayers back then because in '05, they beat eventual champ Russell by 3 scores. Neither one of those Boyd teams had a winning record.

I'd forgotten that Belfry inexplicably lost to Boyd County in '03 via shutout. Apparently, Boyd were giant slayers back then because in '05, they beat eventual champ Russell by 3 scores. Neither one of those Boyd teams had a winning record.

 

The Boyd team also beat a pretty good Bell County team in the playoffs in 2003 in a rare 4 vs. 1 upset

 

That Belfry loss was the Pike County Bowl and Belfry looked like a bunch of individuals. I want to say David Jones missed most of the game (his Belfry debut) with an ankle injury and Belfry had about 5 or 6 guys fighting cramps but it wouldn't have mattered because Belfry was one step forward and two steps back all day on Offense. Between Boyd's Defense and Belfry lack of execution they never found a rhythm.

 

Boyd had a really good RB that year. I think he was a Hughes kid maybe. Not real fast but was stout and ran hard. They also had a really good LB'er from what I remember as well.

The Boyd team also beat a pretty good Bell County team in the playoffs in 2003 in a rare 4 vs. 1 upset

 

That Belfry loss was the Pike County Bowl and Belfry looked like a bunch of individuals. I want to say David Jones missed most of the game (his Belfry debut) with an ankle injury and Belfry had about 5 or 6 guys fighting cramps but it wouldn't have mattered because Belfry was one step forward and two steps back all day on Offense. Between Boyd's Defense and Belfry lack of execution they never found a rhythm.

 

Boyd had a really good RB that year. I think he was a Hughes kid maybe. Not real fast but was stout and ran hard. They also had a really good LB'er from what I remember as well.

 

Jake Hughes was his name. He had a great career at Boyd County. I can't quite recall whether or not Jeremy Sheffey was on that 2003 squad. I might be off by a year. He was one of the best OL to come out of the Ashland area in a long time. He started 2 or 3 years at WVU and had a cup of coffee with the NFL.

Didn't Somerset beat belfry a few years ago in the playoffs?

Didn't Somerset beat belfry a few years ago in the playoffs?

 

No

 

Belfry beat Somerset twice in the playoffs including 2010 when Somerset entered undefeated at ranked #1

 

They also took a Pike County Bowl victory over the Jumpers a couple years back

Didn't Somerset beat belfry a few years ago in the playoffs?

 

The only teams to have Belfry's number since 2003 and eliminate the Pirates not named Louisville Central in the Finals

 

2005- Russell

2006- Russell

2008- Breathitt County

2009- Sheldon Clark

The only teams to have Belfry's number since 2003 and eliminate the Pirates not named Louisville Central in the Finals

 

2005- Russell

2006- Russell

2008- Breathitt County

2009- Sheldon Clark

Ok I'm sorry.. I remember Somerset playing for the state one year and I thought they beat belfry.