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Petal Football Team History

Petal Panthers

Petal High School

1145 Hwy. 42 East Petal, MS
Stadium: Panther Stadium
Colors: Red & White
Coach: Jimmy Havard

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1935 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2026

1968 Season Highlights

Jimmy Havard enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Petal.

The Panthers finished th in District DeSoto.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Purvis	6	12	L
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. Northwest Jones *	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Poplarville *	7	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	vs. George County *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 4	@ Lumberton	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Forrest County AHS *	20	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	@ South Jones *	26	7	W
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Northeast Jones *	39	19	W
Fri., Nov. 1	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Hattiesburg	0	39	L
	South Jones	13	20	L

1968 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	170
Scoring Average	17.0
Points Allowed	117
Defense Average	11.7
Opponents Record	58-44 -9
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	3-2

1968 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	6-4	170	117	5-1-0	124	46	Jimmy Havard
George County	9-1-1	154	56	4-1-1	74	32	Bill Martin
South Jones	8-1-1	186	105	3-1-1	97	54	Hershel Hathorne
Forrest County AHS	4-5	84	135	3-3-0	50	54	Julius Stringfellow
Northeast Jones	3-6-2	132	204	0-5-0	32	111	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	1-7-1	63	140	0-4-0	6	58	Henry Russell
Northwest Jones	5-4	111	110	2-4-0	46	89	Morris Brown

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