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Pontotoc Football Team History

Pontotoc Warriors

Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Dennis Robbins

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1926 <-- 1996 <- 1997 -> 1998 --> 2024

1997 Season Highlights

Dennis Robbins enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

The Warriors won the Class 3A District 1 Championship.

1997 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 29	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 5	vs. Lafayette	6	22	L
Fri., Sep. 12	@ South Pontotoc	28	13	W
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. Kosciusko	24	27	L
Fri., Sep. 26	@ New Albany *	30	6	W
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Shannon	14	35	L
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Alcorn Central *	42	7	W
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Corinth *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 24	vs. Ripley *	21	14	W
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Saltillo *	49	7	W
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. Kossuth *	28	3	W
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 14	vs. Independence	12	7	W	1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 21	@ Shannon	23	14	W	2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 28	vs. Senatobia	0	6	L	Semi-finals Playoffs

1997 Season Totals
Record	9-4
Points Scored	298
Scoring Average	22.9
Points Allowed	161
Defense Average	12.4
Opponents Record	87-64
District Record	6-0
Home Record	5-3
Away Record	4-1

1997 Class 3A District 1 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pontotoc	9-4	298	161	2-1	35	27	6-0	191	37	Dennis Robbins
New Albany	4-7	209	194	0-1	3	14	4-2	133	71	Terry Allen
Kossuth	6-4	294	181				4-2	162	89	Charlie Dampeer
Ripley	6-5	226	214				4-2	152	107	Jamie Mitchell
Saltillo	3-8	127	290				2-4	53	158	Craig Cherry
Alcorn Central	2-9	120	290				1-5	65	161	Andy Greening
Corinth	2-9	129	265				0-6	33	165	Perry Murphy

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