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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: Leonard McCullough

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1911 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Leonard McCullough enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Brookhaven.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 15	Columbia *	59	7	W
Fri., Sep. 22	Moss Point *	20	6	W
Fri., Sep. 29	Gulfport *	7	19	L
Fri., Oct. 6	Hattiesburg *	12	12	T
Fri., Oct. 13	Laurel *	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 20	Biloxi *	7	19	L
Fri., Oct. 27	Pascagoula *	14	7	W
Fri., Nov. 3	Provine *	21	25	L
Fri., Nov. 10	Natchez-Adams *	14	7	W
Thu., Nov. 23	McComb *	19	7	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	5-4 -1
Points Scored	173
Scoring Average	17.3
Points Allowed	137
Defense Average	13.7
Opponents Record	53-44 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1961 Big 8 S Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Laurel	11-0	319	32	8-0-0	202	25	Barney Poole
Gulfport	8-1-1	183	39	7-1-0	164	33	Lindy Callahan
Biloxi	7-3-1	145	80	5-3-0	119	67	W.D. Wiles
Provine	7-2-1	232	81	5-1-1	178	67	Hollis Rutter
Brookhaven	5-4-1	173	137	5-4-1	173	137	Leonard McCullough
McComb	6-4	170	164	4-4-0	127	151	Calvin Triplett
Pascagoula	6-5	160	78	4-5-0	140	78	Bruce Bradley
Picayune	5-4-1	188	141	2-4-0	84	101	Frank Branch.
Natchez-Adams	3-5-1	123	144	2-4-1	98	112	Van Stewart
Hattiesburg	3-6-1	107	211	1-6-1	59	192	Reese Snell
Columbia	1-9	103	382	0-6-0	59	307	Charlie Martin
Moss Point	1-9	52	274	0-7-0	26	232	Bobby Holmes

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