Air Show
In 2002, Commerce traveled to beautiful Bill Corry Stadium in Madison, Ga. to play a very strong Morgan County Bulldog team.
Commerce won by a (10-3) score in a great defensive struggle. Commerce pulled out all the stops in its bag of tricks in an effort to move the ball against this tough Bulldog defense.
What was most unusual was that quarterback Josh Haynes and halfback Dennis Wilder were an amazing eleven for eleven in passing for 121 yards on the night. No quarterback or passing combination in Tiger history has ever been that ….. continue reading
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Shutouts
The 1965 Tiger team holds the Commerce record for the most shutouts in a season with seven during a thirteen game season.
The awesome Commerce defense shutout the following teams: South Habersham and North Habersham by the midway point of the season. Then they blanked North Hall, Rabun County, White County and Franklin County consecutively for a total of six to end the regular season while adding a final shutout against Carrollton in the state playoffs for a total of seven.
The 1965 team is the only Commerce football team to shutout….. ….. continue reading
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Tiger Helmets
Tiger helmets worn during the 1910’s and 1920’s were of the brown leather variety in the early history of Commerce football.
However, since football was rejuvenated in 1940, the Tiger helmet has changed on a few occasions.
From 1940-1951, the Commerce helmet was basically a black one with a few yellowish-brown sections in the late 1940’s.
From 1952-1959, Commerce wore a solid silver helmet. Beginning in 1960-1966, the Tiger helmet was solid black once more. However, in 1965 there was one white stripe down the center, and in 1966….. ….. continue reading
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I’m going to try to post a single Tiger Tale (story) each week on the front page. These stories are grouped together under the main page menu under Tiger Tales. This week’s is one of my favorites. Dennis Wilder ran as hard as a back could be expected to for an entire game in which the defense knew who was getting the ball each play. DW went Legend that night.
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In 2003 versus #1 ranked Lincoln County, Commerce went down to defeat to the Red Devils by a (14-7) score. However, Dennis Wilder put on a performance that will not long be forgotten. It was one in which he had 37 rushing attempts which is the second most in school history.
In the game the previous week, Commerce was defeated by Morgan County and in the game quarterback Josh Haynes was injured and not likely to be available for play the following week against the Red Devils.
Coach Steve Savage then installed the Notre Dame Box single wing offense to utilize the running skills of tailback Dennis Wilder. Commerce had not run this ancient offense since ….. continue reading
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