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Purvis Football Team History

Purvis Tornadoes

Purvis Attendance Center

220 School Street Purvis, MS
Stadium: Cowart Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Latrelle Williams

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1922 <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights

Latrelle Williams enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Purvis.

1960 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	Petal *	13	37	L
Fri., Sep. 9	Hattiesburg B Team	6	14	L
Fri., Sep. 16	Brooklyn *	6	27	L
Fri., Sep. 23	Leakesville *	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 30	Ellisville	21	6	W
Fri., Oct. 7	Carriere *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 14	George County *	0	41	L
Fri., Oct. 21	Poplarville *	0	26	L
Fri., Oct. 28	Bay	6	19	L
Fri., Nov. 4	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 11	Lumberton *	13	34	L

1960 Season Totals
Record	2-8
Points Scored	72
Scoring Average	7.2
Points Allowed	216
Defense Average	21.6
Opponents Record	70-36 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1960 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Brooklyn	9-1	235	94	7-1-0	188	74	Fred Henley
Lumberton	9-0-1	313	77	6-0-1	169	51	Ed Reed
Petal	8-3	285	196	6-2-0	212	163	Louis McKissack
Poplarville	6-3	163	124	4-3-0	114	105	Doug Daniels
George County	6-4	129	52	3-4-0	75	52	Jimmy Taylor
Carriere	3-5	102	176	1-4-0	69	125
Purvis	2-8	72	216	1-6-0	39	177	Latrelle Williams
Waynesboro	2-5-2	56	107	1-3-1	39	60	James Johnston
Leakesville	3-7	85	184	0-6-0	32	130	Lester Baucum

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