35–26
The result and its place
The combined Greenbrier record lists the 35–26 win against Cheatham Co., entry 3 of 11 in 1981. The result moved the Bobcats to 3–0; the margin was 9 points.
Season arc
This was win 3 of the 7–0 opening run, which totaled 222–56.
Source check
The school score list and matching independent schedule agree on the recorded final score.
Open the contemporary game clipping · 1981 season and source comparison.
Five Bobcat touchdowns built a 35–14 cushion
Scott Elder, Mike Clark, Daniel Owsley and Todd Apple accounted for the first four Greenbrier touchdowns; Dale Bagwell caught Apple’s conversion pass after Owsley’s score. Clark’s seven-yard fourth-quarter run made it 35–14 before Cheatham rallied for the 35–26 final.
Cheatham Co. from 1976 through 1982
From 1976 through 1982, this opponent appears 4 times in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982. Greenbrier went 4–0, scoring 68 and allowing 42.