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Brookhaven Football Team History


Brookhaven Panthers
Brookhaven High School

443 East Monticello Street Brookhaven, MS
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Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Hartwell McPhail

 

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1911  <-- 1946 <- 1947 -> 1948 --> 2024
1947 Season Highlights
 Hartwell McPhail enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Brookhaven.
 
1947 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 26   Laurel   *  0   13   L       
 Fri., Oct. 3  @ Hazlehurst    6   7   L       
 Fri., Oct. 10   Natchez-Adams   *  0   7   L       
 Fri., Oct. 17   Crystal Springs    34   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 24   Gulfport   *  7   13   L       
 Fri., Oct. 31   Columbia    6   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 7   Biloxi   *  13   7   W       
 Fri., Nov. 14   Hattiesburg   *  7   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 21   Cleveland    28   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 27   McComb   *  0   33   L       
 
1947 Season Totals
  Record5-5
  Points Scored101
  Scoring Average10.1
  Points Allowed86
  Defense Average8.6
  Opponents Record44-40 -6
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-1
  
1947  Big 8 Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Greenwood 10-2212938-2-017180  Carl Maddox
Pascagoula 12-0363506-0-014918  Dobie Holden
Meridian 8-2-1172906-2-19690  Jim Baxter
Laurel 6-3-11581056-3-1158105  
Natchez-Adams 9-2198415-2-09834  A.I. Rexinger
Greenville 8-3218995-3-012086  Warren Averitte
Vicksburg 6-51691655-4-0131143  Raymond Ray
Tupelo 6-3-11861234-3-1118117  Pickens Noble
Central Jackson 5-4137894-4-013083  Doss Fulton
Hattiesburg 5-6-1152854-4-19665  Charles Moore.
McComb 5-6-11431244-4-113097  Sammy Bartling
Lee 6-51481252-5-058125  William Bruce
Brookhaven 5-5101862-4-02779  Hartwell McPhail
Corinth 5-51241082-3-05060  Roy Biggers
Biloxi 2-6-1681542-6-062148  Wayne T. Sandefur
Moss Point 3-8891711-5-026125  
Gulfport 2-6-151901-6-12590  James Landrum
Clarksdale 2-81151460-7-032132  H.C. Jenkins



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