Football Recap: Justin Murray's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Fairfield over Bibb County

Fairfield managed to slip by Bibb County the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Tigers lost 60-34 to the Choctaws on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Choctaws are ranked 111th).

Tiyon Clifton

Receiving Yards

10/17/25 @ Bibb County	130
10/03/25 vs Holt	53
09/05/25 @ Pleasant Grove	40
09/12/25 vs Tarrant	32
10/10/25 vs West Blocton	23

Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Justin Murray, who rushed for 75 yards and a pair of scores, and also picked up 82 receiving yards and one touchdown. Fairfield also got help from Tiyon Clifton, who showed off his sure hands for 130 receiving yards.

This is the second loss in a row for Fairfield and nudges their season record down to 3-5. As for Bibb County, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Fairfield is set to challenge their familiar foe Oak Grove at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Murray and Wiley Hicks. Meanwhile, Bibb County will square off against rival Pleasant Grove at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.