Playoff Records for Cumberland County Schools
(From the Fayetteville Observer Answer Man - 12/22/02)

Q: What are the all-time playoff records for Cumberland County high school football teams? J.L.

A: Would you settle for the past 25 years?

From 1978 through 2002, Douglas Byrd has the most playoff wins (35) while South View has the highest winning percentage (.758).

Here are the playoff records and winning percentage for Cumberland County schools over the past 25 years:

South View: 22-7, .758
Douglas Byrd: 35-16, .686
Seventy-First: 20-10-1, .661
E.E. Smith: 11-8, .579
Terry Sanford: 11-9, .550
Jack Britt: 1-1, .500
Pine Forest: 8-9, .471
Reid Ross: 2-3, .400
Westover: 1-3, .250
Cape Fear: 0-3, .000

The following teams won state championships: 1991, South View; 1986, Seventy-First; 1984, Seventy-First (co-champion with Greensboro Page).

Just in case you wanted to know, here are the overall records, including playoffs, based on end-of-season standings. Forfeits ordered after the season are not taken into account:

Douglas Byrd: 226-81, .736.
Seventy-First: 175-109-1, .616
Reid Ross: 46-28-1, 620
Jack Britt: 21-14, .600
E.E. Smith: 163-110-1, .597
South View: 156-141-1, .525
Terry Sanford: 141-134-1, .513
Pine Forest: 136-134-1, .504
Westover: 101-159-1, .389
Cape Fear: 94-164, .364

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