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Raleigh Football Team History

Raleigh Lions

Raleigh High School

Hwy. 35 South Raleigh, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Wayne Thornton

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1937 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Wayne Thornton enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Raleigh.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Forest	0	57	L
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Enterprise Clarke *	0	30	L
Fri., Sep. 24	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Waynesboro *	6	42	L
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. West Lauderdale *	0	15	L
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. Mize	14	20	L
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Northeast Lauderdale *	0	44	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Taylorsville *	7	33	L
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Puckett	12	56	L
Fri., Nov. 12	vs. Bay Springs *	14	50	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	0-9
Points Scored	53
Scoring Average	5.9
Points Allowed	347
Defense Average	38.6
Opponents Record	57-35 -5
Home Record	0-5
Away Record	0-4

1971 Sam Dale Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	7-3	202	98	5-3-0	162	82	L.J. Davis
Waynesboro	8-2-1	236	126	6-1-0	172	84	Tom Boszor
Southeast Lauderdale	5-4	122	124	4-4-0	122	124	Algie Davis
Quitman	8-1	240	63	3-0-0	98	14	Benson Holland
Taylorsville	6-3	181	111	3-2-0	98	54	Bernie Whatley
Neshoba Central	5-3-1	102	101	3-1-1	60	61	Bob Posey
Northeast Lauderdale	3-4-2	83	94	2-3-2	71	79	Taylor Davis
Bay Springs	2-7	125	182	1-5-0	43	122	Latrell Windham
West Lauderdale	2-7-1	68	151	1-4-1	34	89	James Phillips
Raleigh	0-9	53	347	0-6-0	27	214	Wayne Thornton

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

In 1969 the two point conversion was adopted for play following a touchdown. Until that time all conversions were worth one point.