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1989 · RECORD ENTRY 4

Greenbrier vs. Springfield

Greenbrier 0, Springfield 14

RESULT
L

0–14

Season record3–7
Record after game0–4
DateDate open
SiteSite open
Head coachSteve Sorrells
Available game record

The result and its place

The combined Greenbrier record lists the 0–14 loss against Springfield, entry 4 of 10 in 1989. The result moved the Bobcats to 0–4; the margin was 14 points. Greenbrier was held scoreless.

Season arc

It belongs to a four-loss opening in which Greenbrier allowed only 70 total points.

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.

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Contemporary detail

Standing water turned the county game into a defensive fight

Springfield coach Donnie Jones called the field standing water rather than mud and credited Greenbrier’s size and strength. Two Bobcat kicking-game mistakes gave Springfield short fields; Greenbrier’s defense stopped another fourth-quarter possession before a touchdown pass produced the 14–0 final.

Local newspaper report of Springfield and Greenbrier playing in driving rain in 1989
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The wider matchup

Springfield from 1983 through 1989

Across 1983–89, this opponent appears 3 times in 1987, 1988, 1989. Greenbrier went 0–3, scoring 0 and allowing 104.

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