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2004 Five touchdowns at Homecoming

Roger Herndon’s biggest rushing night of the season came under the Homecoming lights: 271 yards, five touchdowns and a 42–6 Greenbrier win over Montgomery Central.

Newspaper page about Roger Herndon's 271-yard performance in Greenbrier's 2004 Homecoming win
GHS/Herndon surpasses 1,000 yards in Bobcats’ Homecoming win
Oct. 1Homecoming date
Montgomery CentralOpponent
42–6Bobcat win
13–2Season record
Oct. 1, 2004

The state-final season answers its only early setback.

Greenbrier entered Homecoming one week removed from its only regular-season loss. The response was immediate: the Bobcats beat Montgomery Central 42–6 and started another winning streak that carried through the Class 3A state semifinal.

Roger Herndon ran for 271 yards and scored five touchdowns. The performance pushed him past 1,000 rushing yards for the season and became the highest single-game rushing total of his 2,249-yard senior year.

The night sits squarely inside a historic run. Greenbrier finished 13–2, won Region 5-3A and reached the BlueCross Bowl for the first football state-championship appearance in school history.

Photos + film

The headline and the full game.

The Oct. 1 newspaper page carries the headline, game photograph and rushing leaders. The game page includes the complete film.

Greenbrier 42Home
Final
Montgomery Central 6Visitor