page_title: Roswell High School (Georgia)
section_title: Football
hierarchical_section_title: Roswell High School (Georgia) / Extracurricular activities / Athletics / Football
caption_attribution_description: English: I took this picture myself at the 2004 Roswell-Milton Football Game held on Friday 9/19/2004.
context_page_description: Roswell High School is a public high school in Roswell, Georgia, United States which opened in 1949. It serves the entire city of Roswell west of Georgia 400 and the city of Mountain Park, as well as small portions of Alpharetta and Milton. With a population of over of 2,221 students in the 2018–19 school year, RHS is one of the largest schools in the Fulton County School System. Roswell High School neighbors both Fellowship Christian School and Blessed Trinity Catholic High School. It is also the second oldest of Fulton County's schools in the northern portion of the county, opening between Milton High School, and Chattahoochee High School. Roswell is currently on its third campus, which opened in 1990. The current building is the oldest in-use high school building in north Fulton.
  The school offers many extracurricular activities, including 72 clubs, 11 academic teams, and various services clubs. Some other activities meet as elective classes such as musical groups, drama, and art. These classes are supplemented by after-school rehearsals, meetings, and outside concerts. Students may also compete in the school's 42 varsity, junior varsity, and freshman athletic programs.
context_section_description: Roswell's football team has won three State Championships (1968, 1970, and 2006), three State Runner-Ups (1956, 2015, and 2016), and ten Region Championships, the latest in 2016. Since 1950 Roswell has a combined record of 405–244–7. Roswell football history started in 1950 when a spring practice and game was held. During the fall of that year, Roswell posted a 4–2 record, including two wins over archrival Milton.
  Coach Bill Yoast began building Roswell's football success when he came to coach the Hornets in 1954. In two years, he got Roswell to the 1956 State Championship game, which Roswell lost to Monticello. He stayed at the school until 1960, when he left for Virginia.
  Roswell's first and so far only undefeated season was in 1968, when sophomore quarterback Jeff Bower led the Hornets to a 13–0 season and the football team's first State Championship. It was the most wins for a season in school history until 2006, when that state championship team went 13–1–1, tying the 1968 team in wins. Two years later, in 1970, Roswell won a state title with a 12–2 record with Jeff Bower again leading the team. He also won state championships in baseball in 1970 and 1971 and basketball in 1971. Bower would go on to a long career as a football coach, most notably as the head coach of Southern Miss from 1990 to 2007.
  Roswell's coach with the best record is Ray Manus, who was head coach for 23 seasons (1975–97). and had a record of 141–102–1. After retiring as head coach, Coach Manus returned to the team as an assistant in 2004, and the stadium was officially named after him that year as well. Though he never won a state title as head coach, Manus was on the coaching staff for all three titles.
  In 2006, after a 35-year absence from being at the top of the state, the Hornets recaptured a state title for the first time in 36 years. The team finished the regular season 9–1 and the #2 seed in the playoffs from Region 6-AAAAA. Roswell continued to win in the state playoffs, including a 10-9 win over defending State Runner-Up Brookwood High School, and won the right to play for a State Championship by defeating Tift County in the Georgia Dome state semi-finals. Roswell was eventually crowned state co-champion after a controversial 14-14 tie against the Peachtree Ridge Lions. The Hornets finished the season 13–1–1. Roswell players won many post-season accolades, including quarterback Dustin Taliaferro, who made the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Associated Press All-State First team, and running back Alex Daniel (All-State Honorable Mention).
  The Roswell Hornets began the 2007 season ranked #1 in Class AAAAA and nationally ranked by three publications, including a #8 ranking by Rivals.com. The Hornets finished 2007 with a 10–3 record. Of the three losses Walton made the state semifinals and Lowndes became state champions. The Hornets finished the season ranked #6 in the state by the AJC and #5 by the AP. Eight members of the 2007 football team received collegiate scholarships, and six of those signees will attend Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools.
  Coach Tim McFarlin resigned as the head coach in the spring of 2008. Over his ten-year tenure as head coach, Roswell compiled a record of 82–34–1, won a share of the 5A state championship in 2006, reached the state high school playoffs seven times and won two region championships. In 2006, he was named State AAAAA Coach of the Year. McFarlin was an assistant football coach with the Hornets for 17 years before becoming head coach in 1998. Roswell hired Leo Barker, defensive coordinator under McFarlin for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, as the head coach for the 2008 season. Barker was the tenth head coach of the Roswell Hornets and served in that position for the 2009 and 2010 seasons before resigning.
  Leo Barker's first season at Roswell, 2008, ended with a 5-5 record and the Hornets just missing the playoffs. In his second season the Hornets rebounded and had a 9-1 regular season record, finishing second in Region 6-AAAAA behind Lassiter who defeated the Hornets 45-24. The Hornets made it 
caption: The Roswell High School flag is carried by a senior after every touchdown. Here, fans celebrate a touchdown against archrival Milton.
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