FOOTBALL HISTORY · PLAYOFF HISTORY

When the schedule should have been over.

Bowls, first-round exits, breakthroughs, quarterfinals, semifinals and the road to Murfreesboro. This is the postseason record in one room.

HISTORY HOMEEXPLORE FOOTBALL
20TSSAA playoff seasons

From the first state-bracket appearance in 1977 through the 2022 return.

31TSSAA playoff games

Documented state-playoff games in the current collection.

11–20TSSAA record

Includes the 2004 BlueCross Bowl.

4–5Postseason bowl record

Nine documented bowl appearances from 1959 through 1993.

THE ROAD TO NOVEMBER

Firsts that changed expectations.

1959

Strawberry Bowl shutout

Greenbrier beat Watertown 7–0 in the first postseason bowl currently documented after the 1955 LCVC championship game. Open game →

1977

First TSSAA playoff appearance

Trousdale County was the opponent when Greenbrier first entered the state bracket. Open game →

2002

First TSSAA playoff win

After years of November frustration, Greenbrier shut out Lexington 27–0 at home. Open game →

2003

First state semifinal

McNairy Central, Sycamore and Crockett County fell before Covington ended the run. Follow the run →

2004

First state championship game

Four playoff wins sent Greenbrier to Murfreesboro with a school-record 13 victories. Follow the run →

POSTSEASON HISTORY

Every documented extra game.

This combines the LCVC championship/playoff entry, postseason bowls and the TSSAA state-playoff record. It does not treat a bowl as a TSSAA playoff game.

YearTypeOpponentRScoreStage
1955LCVCAshland CityW25–6LCVC playoff / championship
1959BOWLWatertownW7–0Strawberry Bowl
1965BOWLDicksonL6–35Dickson Athletic Bowl
1968BOWLHickman County (Centerville)L6–19Crockett Bowl
1971BOWLMcEwenW16–12Blanket Bowl
1972BOWLForrest (Chapel Hill)W22–6Blanket Bowl
1976BOWLLivingston AcademyW35–6Industrial Bowl
1977TSSAATrousdale CountyL0–22TSSAA state playoffs
1981BOWLCookevilleL6–20Industrial Bowl
1985BOWLHaywoodL6–30Tobacco Bowl
1993BOWLLawrence CountyL0–27Crockett Bowl
1994TSSAAWaverlyL7–201st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
1995TSSAAMarshall Co.L7–411st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
1996TSSAASpring HillL12–201st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
1997TSSAAChattanooga BrainerdL7–241st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
1998TSSAAChattanooga HowardL13–271st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
1999TSSAASequoyahL7–141st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2000TSSAAGrundy Co.L19–261st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2001TSSAAMcNairy CentralL14–281st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2002TSSAALexingtonW27–01st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2002TSSAACrockett Co.L20–212nd Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2003TSSAAMcNairy CentralW27–01st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2003TSSAASycamoreW23–222nd Round TSSAA State Playoffs · 2 OT
2003TSSAACrockett Co.W20–13TSSAA Quarterfinal
2003TSSAACovingtonL6–20TSSAA Semifinal
2004TSSAAMcNairy CentralW36–141st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2004TSSAAMarshall Co.W35–02nd Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2004TSSAAJackson South SideW14–73rd Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2004TSSAAMemphis KingsburyW14–12TSSAA Semifinal
2004TSSAAKnoxville FultonL6–34BlueCross Bowl · Class 3A State Championship
2005TSSAAMeigs Co.W21–01st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2005TSSAAWhite HouseL7–142nd Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2007TSSAAMcMinn CentralW13–101st Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2007TSSAAWhite HouseL7–362nd Round TSSAA State Playoffs
2009TSSAADeKalb Co.L25–41TSSAA First Round
2010TSSAAChester Co.W12–7TSSAA State Playoffs
2010TSSAALexingtonL6–42TSSAA State Playoffs
2013TSSAALexingtonL0–21TSSAA State Playoffs
2014TSSAAPearl-CohnL13–28TSSAA State Playoffs
2017TSSAAJackson South SideL7–21TSSAA State Playoffs
2022TSSAALexingtonL6–40TSSAA State Playoffs
THE PEAK RUN

2003 → 2004

Across two Novembers, Greenbrier won seven TSSAA playoff games and reached a semifinal followed by the program's first state championship game. Those two seasons are the spine of the modern history center.

2003 RUN2004 RUN