1988 Greenbrier vs. BGA

RESULT

0–27

Season record2–8

Record after game0–1

DateAug. 26, 1988

SiteGreenbrier

Head coachSteve Sorrells

Available game record

The result and its place

The combined Greenbrier record lists the 0–27 loss against BGA, entry 1 of 10 in 1988. The result moved the Bobcats to 0–1; the margin was 27 points. Greenbrier was held scoreless.

Season arc

It was Steve Sorrells’ first game as Greenbrier head coach.

Source check

Greenbrier’s school score list and the independent historical schedule agree on the recorded final score.

Still open: Any date, site, lineup, scoring play, attendance figure or venue name not explicitly recovered above remains unknown. “Site open” is not a stadium identification.

Open the contemporary game clipping · 1988 season and source comparison.

Contemporary detail

The rebuild opened with effort and defensive work

BGA won Steve Sorrells’ head-coaching debut 27–0. The follow-up account credited Craig Reed with 14 tackles and Jeremy Hire with nine and emphasized that Greenbrier remained competitive for much of the night despite being outmatched.

Newspaper follow-up to Greenbrier's 1988 opener against BGA — The surviving page behind this account. Open it to inspect the source image.

The wider matchup

BGA from 1983 through 1989

Across 1983–89, this opponent appears 6 times in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988. Greenbrier went 0–6, scoring 41 and allowing 161.

Full BGA series The complete chapter 1988 schedule