Less than 48 hours from now, the Red Raider football team will attempt to win back to back Coffee Pot games for the first time since 1982 as Coffee County visits Tullahoma for the 79th battle for the brass and wooden trophy. Coffee County won last season’s contest by a score of 42 to 7 and optimism is sky high in The Capital City.
Tullahoma has dominated the series since the Red Raiders claimed the cherished “Pot” 8 times in a 10 year period from 1973 through 1982. Since 1990, Tullahoma has won the rivalry tilt 10 of the last 12 years, 16 of the last 19 and 22 of the last 26 meetings.
Coffee County junior quarterback, and Tennessee commitment, Alontae Taylor has Coffee County fans hopeful for a repeat win. Taylor finished last year’s game with 128 yards rushing on 9 carries with touchdown runs of 2, 14 and 69 yards for Coffee County. A young and hungry Red Raider defense will look to repeat their dominating performance from last year as they held Tullahoma to 5 first downs in the game and forced 3 critical 1st half turnovers. Last season’s 42 to 7 win was the largest margin of victory for Coffee County in the 90 year history of the rivalry.
Coach Ryan Sulkowski had this to say about the rivalry on Wednesday night on the Ryan Sulkowski Show:
The Ryan Sulkowski Show is broadcast LIVE each Wednesday night from 6 to 7 PM from West Main Brick Oven on the square in Manchester and is brought to you by Coffee County Bank.
The Coffee Pot game kicks off at 7:00 PM in Tullahoma at Grider Stadium. Thunder Radio is your exclusive home for Coffee County sports and Lucky Knott will bring you all the action beginning at 6:45 PM. Thunder Radio’s coverage begins at 6:00 PM with Friday Night Thunder.
