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1973 · FROM 0–3 TO 5–5

The Five-Win Recovery

Four straight wins, three straight shutouts and five listed 100-yard games reshaped the season.

The opening

0–3 · 43–97

Losses to Bellevue, Joelton and White House left Greenbrier chasing its season before October.

Four-game response

4–0 · 140–14 · three shutouts

Greenbrier shut out Glencliff Academy, Jo Byrns and East Robertson, then beat Tennessee Youth Center 36–14. The 140-point answer brought the record above .500 before the final three games.

Bob Hobson’s listed rushing games

Five 100-yard entries · 672 yards

The rushing register lists 175 against Glencliff, 147 against White House, 131 against Jo Byrns, 116 against Cheatham County and 103 against Tennessee Youth Center. The Cheatham label is one clue in the Ashland City/Cheatham source split.

The source split

221 or 241 points allowed

The school sheet’s Jo Byrns shutout produces 221 points allowed. The independent schedule gives Jo Byrns 20 points and totals 241. Greenbrier’s retained file follows the school row while preserving the alternate line.

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