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Petal Football Team History

Petal Panthers

Petal High School

1145 Hwy. 42 East Petal, MS
Stadium: Panther Stadium
Colors: Red & White
Coach: Jimmy Havard

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1935 <-- 1966 <- 1967 -> 1968 --> 2024

1967 Season Highlights

Jimmy Havard enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Petal.

1967 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Purvis	7	12	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Northwest Jones *	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Poplarville *	21	12	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ George County *	12	13	L
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Lumberton *	25	2	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Brooklyn *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. South Jones *	8	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Northeast Jones	12	0	W
Fri., Nov. 3	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 10	@ Picayune	6	20	L
Fri., Nov. 17	George County *	0	23	L

1967 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	123
Scoring Average	12.3
Points Allowed	82
Defense Average	8.2
Opponents Record	53-50 -8
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	3-2

1967 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
George County	8-3	161	63	5-1-0	78	32	Fred Gill
Petal	6-4	123	82	5-2-0	98	50	Jimmy Havard
Lumberton	6-4-1	184	175	2-2-1	65	72	Willie Coats
South Jones	4-3-1	92	75	2-1-1	26	15	Norman Roberts
Poplarville	3-7	159	163	2-3-0	88	67	Henry Russell
Forrest County AHS	1-6-3	66	150	1-3-2	33	84	James Mabry
Northwest Jones	2-6	88	140	0-5-0	33	101	Morris Brown

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.