Week 8: FRIDAY HARBOR WOLVERINE FOOTBALL Trivia, numbers, history, ramblings and stuff by Bruce Bennett

Friday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. Friday Harbor (2-5) at Coupeville (1-6) 

* The second meeting with Coupeville, this time on Whidbey.  The first was three weeks ago on San Juan and the Purple and Gold won 28-14.


* FHHS and CHS are the two football schools in District 1 and the winner of the 2-game series advances to a crossover contest with a team from Southwest Washington.  If FH wins this week they move on to the crossover.  If Coupeville wins then the two play one more time (would be a great name for a band in Friday Harbor).  That tie-breaking game would be at La Conner October 31st.

* The Wolves lost their first five games 25-7 to Annie Wright, 30-19 to Cascade (Leavenworth), 58-27 to Granite Falls 31-7 to Cedar Park Christian and 28-14 to Friday Harbor.  They then beat South Whidbey 35-6 and last week lost to Adna 52-7.  

Wolverine – Wolves Stuff

* First game – 1973.

* FH leads the series 21-16 and is 12-8 on Whidbey or a neutral field.

* FH has won 5 of the last 6 and 14 of the last 19.

* Longest FH win streak – 5 (1975-85).

* Longest CHS win streak – 5 (1986-90).

* Most points by FH – 61 (FH 61, CHS 22 in 2005).

* Most points by CHS – 46 (CHS 46, FH 6 in 2000). 

* Most points combined – 83 (FH 61, CHS 22 in 2005).

* Fewest points combined – 17 (FH 17, CHS 0 in 2018).

* Largest winning margin by FH – 46 (FH 53, CHS 7 in 2019).

* Largest winning margin by CHS 40 (CH 46, FH 6 in 1986).

* FH has scored 803 points (21.7 per game) and CHS 752 (20.3).

* FH has shut out CHS twice and CHS has shut out FH twice.

* This has been an off and on series – played 1973-76 (4 games), 1983-90 (8), 1997-2007 (13 – twice in ’97 and ’98) and 2018-25 (13) – twice in each of last five years). 

Rankings

* WIAA RPI: FH 38th, Coupeville 43rd. 

* MaxPreps: FH 33rd in 2B, Coupeville 38th. 

* Sports Illustrated: FH 36th in 2B, Coupeville 42nd.

     

Schedule
9/5 6:00 p.m. Cedar Park Christian 49, FH 14 Home
9/12 5:00 p.m. East Jefferson 14, FH 13  Away
9/19 5:00 p.m. Cle Elum-Roslyn 27, FH 13 Mount Si
9/25 4:30 p.m. FH 63, South Whidbey 0 Home
10/3 6:30 p.m. FH 28, Coupeville 14** Home
10/10 5:30 p.m. Granite Falls 48, FH 13 Away
10/17 6:30 p.m. Blaine 42, FH 21   Home
10/24 5:30 p.m. Coupeville** Away
    ** league game