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 ….. proficient before or since.

Tiger receivers in the effort also made outstanding catches to help keep the passing streak alive during the contest.

An early touchdown by Haynes from three yards out on an option keeper in the first quarter, and a second quarter 27-yard field goal by Tommy Eason enabled the Tigers to go into halftime with a ten point advantage. The newly installed slide defense was used almost to perfection in the hard hitting contest, as Commerce came away with a tough (10-3) victory in Madison.

The run oriented Tigers had brought their air show to town and were on the mark on this pleasant September evening. Haynes was 9 for 9 in the passing department and Wilder contributed a 2 for 2 performance for Tiger faithful.