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Lumberton Football Team History

Lumberton Panthers

Lumberton High School

7920 US Hwy. 11 South Lumberton, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Vernon Ward

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1926 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2026

1979 Season Highlights

Vernon Ward enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Lumberton.

The Panthers finished th in District Apache.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	OPEN
Thu., Sep. 6	@ Oak Grove *	18	20	L
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Poplarville *	7	20	L
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Stone	0	12	L
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Purvis *	9	6	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Collins *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Northeast Jones	14	7	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ East Marion *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 26	@ Forrest County AHS *	18	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. West Marion *	7	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Sumrall	24	14	W

1979 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	97
Scoring Average	9.7
Points Allowed	99
Defense Average	9.9
Opponents Record	49-55
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	1-4

1979 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Poplarville	8-3	226	141	5-3-0	152	113	Pat Morris
Lumberton	5-5	97	99	3-4-0	59	66	Vernon Ward
Purvis	5-4	156	109	3-4-0	98	87	Jack Craft
Forrest County AHS	2-9	110	222	2-5-0	62	123
Oak Grove	8-2	225	129	5-2-0	150	90	David Cain
West Marion	8-4	206	133	5-3-0	127	91	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	190	196	4-3-0	102	86	Jack Bailey
East Marion	4-5	86	168	2-5-0	49	142	Leslie Peters

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