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Tupelo Football Team History

Tupelo Golden Wave

Tupelo High School

4125 Cliff Gookin Blvd. Tupelo, MS
Stadium: Renasant Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Dennis Waite

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1919 <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024

1977 Season Highlights

Dennis Waite enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Tupelo.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Amory	25	13	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. West Point *	17	0	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. Athens AL	7	14	L
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Grenada *	17	13	W
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Lee *	31	15	W
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Caldwell *	7	21	L
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Louisville *	28	7	W
Fri., Oct. 21	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Oxford *	46	7	W
Fri., Nov. 4	@ Starkville *	6	14	L
Fri., Nov. 11	@ Corinth	14	20	L

1977 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	198
Scoring Average	19.8
Points Allowed	124
Defense Average	12.4
Opponents Record	50-62
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	3-2

1977 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Aberdeen	10-0	222	84	7-0-0	168	57	Thomas Pierce
Shannon	8-2	182	79	5-2-0	111	73	Thomas Suggs
Amory	6-4	121	87	5-2-0	86	35	Jerry Lyons
Fulton	7-4	126	73	4-3-0	61	47	Don Leathers
Corinth	8-4	169	88	3-4-0	61	41	Johnny Plummer
Houston	3-7	69	143	2-5-0	52	104	Crowell Armstrong
Pontotoc	3-7	75	119	1-6-0	47	87	Tommy Morton
New Albany	2-8	55	252	1-6-0	32	174
	South
Louisville	7-3	185	107	6-1-0	164	65	Art Nester
Tupelo	6-4	198	124	5-2-0	152	77	Dennis Waite
Caldwell	5-5	189	131	4-3-0	148	92	Waverly King
Lee	5-5	134	124	4-3-0	97	84	Dennis Coleman
Starkville	4-6	144	132	4-3-0	117	92	G.T. Thames
Grenada	4-6	168	162	3-4-0	122	114
West Point	2-8	60	196	2-5-0	41	136	Travis Langford
Oxford	0-10	40	278	0-7-0	28	209	Bob Sanders

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