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2023 Fyffe, After dropping the opener with
Geraldine (higher classification non-conference)
game, They lash back and have been winning in the
typical dominating Fyffe fashion since.
Fyffe is operating a bit down in experience this year,
playing many 9th and 10th graders but it didn't stop
the Red Devils for logging another State Title.
Their 7th
FYFFE AA STATE CHAMPS FOR 7th
time.
And when I say 7th time, I mean 7 Titles out of the
past 10 years running the Gunwing, or as Coach
Benefield calls it, "the Big Ugly"
2022
Fyffe does it again. 6 state
titles in 9 years.
Well, I've run out of superlatives to
throw at coach Benefield and his program at Fyffe.
Maybe it's just Business as usual!
2021 Fyffe will enter a season of discovery
after graduating a large group of their starting
play makers. Coach Benefield says that the team
has several really good promising 7th to 9th grade
kids coming up into the program but the questions
are the upper classmen left to carry the torch for
the red devils. After 5 state titles in 7 years, you
know the faithful will have high expectations. They
posted a 9-2 season with this young group so the
future looks as promising as it's past.
Congratulations on a great season!
2020 Fyffe completes another undefeated
season 16-0 and another STATE CHAMPIONSHIP defeating
Montgomery Catholic 21-16 in an amazing game of
perseverance. Catholic jumped on Fyffe early with
their fleet of screaming fast and athletic abundance
16-0. So many great athletes on display made it a
truly monumental task to coral and hang with such
talent, but Fyffe did just that! Some really big
plays by key Fyffe players gave the Devils a chance
and Coach Benefield and the guys squeezed every
opportunity they had in between the chasing of
Br'er Rabbits all over the football field. Defensive
discipline and persistence was the winning formula
in the end. Folks, Winning 5 out of the past 7 State
titles is a ridiculous achievement, and the high
school football world will surely take note at what
an insanely good job Coach Benefield has done at his
own Alma-Mater.
ALABAMA'S
5 TIME
STATE CHAMPIONS
2020 Fyffe Wins 5th State
Title in the last 7 years
(Coach Paul Benefield)
2019 - Fyffe Red Devils,
15-0 Wins State Title Game VS Reeltown 55-7.
.The 4th title in
just 6 seasons.
A ridiculous
exhibition of Coaching, discipline, and scheme, along with
a magnificent defense, Shutting-Out 9 of it's 15 opponents and the
First Defense Unit was never scored on the entire year. The
offense puts up 638 points in those 15 games.
8That
is...ridiculous!
***I went to the Fyffe - Reeltown
Championship game and witnessed another beat down of a very
speedy and talented team at Jordon-Hare Stadium. Fyffe was
poised as always and did what Fyffe does. They go about the
business of great blocking and great tackling, along with
unprecedented ball security in a superbly run Double Wing
scheme. In a world where high school coaches are clambering
Clinics to get the latest trendy college and pro offenses and
flash, to show their big time coaching prowess, Paul Benefield
continues to stack trophies in the Fyffe showcase beating them
profusely, running the Gun-Wing version of the Double-Wing and
continually beating up on many times, bigger faster talent.
Fyffe is a small community that grows it's own football players
and with hard nosed discipline and the "one way" or the "Right
Way" of doing things, which in Fyffe's case is, "The Paul
Benefield Way". I'm sure one day someone will do a documentary
of this great coach and his community where he himself played
as a youth, and has now spent 20+ years bringing big time winning there. Fyffe had never won a state title but since Benefield implemented the
Gun Wing in 2014, he has won 4 State titles in those 6 years.
Congratulations again Coach on another superior coaching
exhibition!
In 15 games,
Fyffe has scored 638 points
and given up
43 and those opponent points came late in trash time
against the depth chart in blowouts Fyffe's First team Defense
is un-scored on....
At 2019
year end, Paul
has raised his lifetime tally to 297 wins and only
53 losses in 29 years of coaching. He is 9th in Winning in
Alabama history but who's winning percentage is better than all
the 8 coaches that are ahead of him.
Since we focus mostly on the offense we run on this site, I have
to take the time to say that Coach Benefield's DEFENSE is one of
the finest coached up defenses I've ever witnessed anywhere. To
be able to shut down some of the powerhouse talents he has had
to face with his team of average size and speed makes Fyffe a
truly amazing team to watch. Even the most hard headed
folks on the planet would have to give a hat tip to Coach
Benefield and concur that he's one of the best high school
coaches anywhere. If they won't , I will! L.H.
Fyffe Red Devils-Alabama AA State Champions
2019
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2018 - STATE
CHAMPIONS Fyffe Red Devils, 15-0
After
surviving it's mirror image, and very tough
opponent, the Ohatchee Indians,
Fyffe had to face a very big, very talented, and
very athletic team, that based on appearance, you'd say,
"I don't think Fyffe can hang with these guys
BUT. I went to the game myself, and became part of
this fantastic small town event. There, I witness a complete
domination, beat-down and dismembering of the
highly potent
Aliceville Yellow Jackets. Fyffe's defense was absolutely
suffocating,
containing all of that talent and only to submit to
a late 50 yard Completion for Aliceville's 8 points.
Fyffe's Gun Wing thrashed the Jacket Defense on all
but a couple of possessions. On a rainy night
Fyffe's superbly coached kids didn't bobble a single
snap, handoff or have any ball security issue while
Aliceville let it loose a few times as well as a big
interception that added to the compiling of Fyffe's
49 points. NOW They have conquered
the gridiron giants from Luverne in a war 21-19 for
Paul Benefield and Fyffe's 3rd State Title in 5
years.
I can say after following these guys and watching
them for those 5 years, that Fyffe is one of the
best coached teams I've ever seen. I have become a
big fan. The attention to detail, and the fervor in
which they have obviously been taught to play is
amazing to watch. I congratulate Coach Benefield for
placing and maintaining the bar very high for
Alabama AA football.
At 2018
year end, Paul
has raised his lifetime tally to 282 wins.
2018....
Fyffe is Off to another flawless season 10-0 as the playoffs
approach, aiming to get back into the "State Title" business
under Coach Paul Benefield. Coach Benefield with this past
victory chalked up his
281st win
as a high school football coach, mostly at Fyffe, the school he
went to, and played for in his youth. His winning percentage is
a ridiculous
84% and climbing
over 27 years. Again
as the wins pile up and the scoring adds up, still no site of
celebrating by players. It's as if making tackles, great runs,
catches and touchdowns are expected, and not like winning the
lotto. This Fyffe thing is beginning to read like a small town Americana Football
Movie isn't it?. "Good luck into the playoffs and I hope I can
make one in person". "Being 3 hours away, I'd like to thank you
for keeping me on line and letting me feel like a close fan of
your great team".
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2017....
As of November 19, Coach Benefield and the Fyffe Red Devils were
12-1, averaging 42 points per game, and leaving their opponents
a scant 7 points roughly per game. Fyffe was into the FINAL FOUR
again, but fell 7 points shy of another State title game.
Congratulations Coach and team on another fabulous season in the construct of
the Fyffe Dynasty!
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2016....."Congratulations:
Paul Benefield
& the Fyffe Red Devils ALABAMA
Two-Time
2A
State Champs
Unbeaten.
Fyffe wins title 28-0 over Aliceville. Fyffe put the
Gun Wing (Double Wing) Offense in in 2014 and has
won Fyffe's 2nd state title in 3 years running !
I had a chance to watch these guys on the sidelines
in 2014 and they are a hard nosed well coached
machine, and as methodical as I've ever seen in a
high school team! Coach Benefield has the Gun-Wing
stroking on all cylinders outscoring opponents 700
to 113 in 15 games"! Per game average score 47-7.
They also play very good defense as you'll notice!
Can you say Domination? "This team is very
well coached"! Solid kids and leadership. I've
watched most of their games on video and have never
seen them celebrate after a score or a big play.
It's a good thing, they would wear themselves out!
Oh, In 2015 when they didn't win the State Title,
they did finish the Runner-Up!
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