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Bruce Football Team History

Bruce Trojans

Bruce High School

430 East Countiss Street Bruce, MS
Stadium: Trojan Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Keith Steele

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1940 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Keith Steele enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Bruce.

The Trojans won the Tri-Lakes Conference Championship.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 25	vs. Senatobia	19	21	L
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Grenada	12	33	L
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Charleston *	18	0	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Pontotoc	34	20	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Lafayette *	34	23	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Calhoun City *	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Water Valley *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Houston	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Coffeeville *	27	8	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Eupora	32	7	W
Fri., Nov. 10	Kossuth	27	7	W	Oxford

1978 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	290
Scoring Average	26.4
Points Allowed	119
Defense Average	10.8
Opponents Record	61-50 -1
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-1

1978 Tri-Lakes Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Bruce	9-2	290	119	5-0-0	132	31	Keith Steele
Water Valley	8-2	197	88	4-1-0	71	35	Jerry Holt
Charleston	6-2	182	73	3-2-0	122	37	Clyde Robinson
Lafayette	5-4	194	125	2-3-0	119	85	Bill Scott
Calhoun City	4-7	106	160	1-4-0	26	99	Mike Justice
Coffeeville	1-8	50	284	0-5-0	20	203

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.