At a Glance: Rockets Open Season Friday

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This week's opponent
STEWART COUNTY (TN) SEASON RECORDS
2017: 1-9 (AWAY: 1-4)
2016: 3-7 (AWAY: 0-4)
2015: 3-7 (AWAY: 3-2)
2014: 2-8 (AWAY: 1-4)

• Stewart County (TN) since 2014
• Stewart County (TN) has only won 22.5% of its games.  They are 9-31 over that time period.
• Stewart County (TN) is currently on a six game losing streak.
• Stewart County (TN) has scored more than 14 points only one time in the past 9 games.
• Stewart County (TN) has had 27 or more points scored against them 29 times.  They are 1-28 in those games.

Crittenden County in
SEASON OPENERS
29-32 All-Time (41.8% winning percentage)
Crittenden has won the past 10 season openers.

ROCKETS FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH SEASON OPENERS
1957 – Bernie Behrendt (Fulton City: 0-41)
1960 – Bill Huff (Caldwell County: 0-32)
1966 – Raymond Heffington (Murray: 6-32)
1967 – Jim Biggs (Murray: 12-44)
1968 – Frank Parker (Murray: 0-38)
1969 – Bill Daley (Lone Oak: 34-33)
1970 – Dickie McDonald (Lone Oak: 0-45)
1974 – Roy Cherry (Caldwell County: 8-18)
1978 – Ken Bargo (Caldwell County: 0-20)
1983 – Pat Gates (McLean County: 13-6)
1986 – Gary Crum (Caldwell County: 7-32)
1987 – Steve Pardue (McLean County: 21-32)
1991 – Al Starnes (Caldwell County: 0-40)

• Crittenden has been outscored in the first career games of all head coaches 101-413.
• The average score of a head coach’s first game is Crittenden 8, Opponent 32.
• Crittenden head coaches are 2-11 in their first game as the Rocket skipper.
• The largest margin of victory by a Crittenden head coach in his first game is 7 points (1983).
• The most points ever scored by a Crittenden team in a head coach’s first game is 34 points (1969).
• The last head coach to win his FIRST GAME was Pat Gates in 1983 in week 1 (at McLean County, 13-6).
• The last head coach to win his FIRST HOME GAME was Pat Gates in 1983 in week 2 (Caldwell County, 27-20). 

OTHER FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH STASTISTICS

• Best season as a first year head coach: 1986, Gary Crum (7-3)
• The last four first year head coaches have won at least 4 games in their inaugural season.
• No head coach has qualified for the playoffs in his first season.

OTHER STATISTICS
The winningest senior class in a head coach’s first season is the class of 1987 (29-16, Gary Crum, head coach).  Gary Crum coached the season of 1986 but those seniors graduated in 1987.
This senior class has won 20 games over the past three seasons.  Once they win five games, they will be the winningest class since the class of 2012 (30-19).