The Tuscaloosa Warriors were a professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team based in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...

, Alabama

Alabama

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, and were members of the Southern Professional Football League (SPFL). The Warriors were under the ownership of Eddie Brightwell with both Bobby Jackson and Bobby Luna serving as player-coach

Player-coach

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es. For their lone 1963 season, the Warriors compiled an 8-7 record with home games being played at both Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium

Tuscaloosa County High School

Tuscaloosa County High School serves grades 9-12 and is located in Northport, Alabama, forming part of the Tuscaloosa County Schools. Tuscaloosa County High was opened near downtown Northport in the 1920s, and around the year 2000 was moved to its current location, further north of...

 and Denny Stadium. Due to low home attendance, in May 1964 team ownership announced the franchise would be relocated to Columbus

Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 and compete as the Columbus Warriors for the 1964 season.

All-time results

The Warriors regular season schedule was released in June 1963 All non-league games are marked with an asterisk (*).

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Game Site	Reference
			Final score	Team record
1	August 3	Rome Bisons	W 42-0	1–0	Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium
2	August 10	Orlando Broncos	W 29-7	2–0	Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium
3	August 17	at Jacksonville Robins	L 0-27	2–1	Gator Bowl Stadium Gator Bowl Stadium Gator Bowl was an American football stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, it was radically reconstructed in 1994 in preparation for the Jacksonville Jaguars inaugural season and became Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, now EverBank Field. It is most notable for hosting the Gator...
4	August 24	at Rome Bisons	W 21-19	3-1
5	August 31	at Orlando Broncos	L	3-2
6	September 7	Gadsden Raiders	W 10-7	4-2	Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium
7	September 14	at Gadsden Raiders	W 42-14	5-2	Attalla Stadium
8	September 21	at Atlanta Spartans*	W 12-7	6-2
9	September 28	Chattanooga Cherokees	W 14-7	7-2	Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium
10	October 5	Huntsville Rockets	L 23-26	7-3	Tuscaloosa County High School Stadium
11	October 13	at Daytona Beach Thunderbirds	L 21-31	7-4
12	October 19	at Huntsville Rockets	W 7-0	8-4
13	October 26	at Chattanooga Cherokees	L 12-24	8-5
14	November 2	Jacksonville Robins	L 14-19	8-6	at Mobile
15	November 9	Daytona Beach Thunderbirds	L 6-50	8-7	Denny Stadium