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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 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Jimmy Havard enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Petal.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Purvis	6	28	L
Fri., Sep. 11	West Jones *	44	7	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Prentiss	6	15	L
Fri., Sep. 25	George County *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Poplarville *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Forrest County AHS *	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Stone *	19	10	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Northeast Jones *	6	8	L
Fri., Oct. 30	South Jones *	8	34	L
Fri., Nov. 6	OPEN

1970 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	133
Scoring Average	14.8
Points Allowed	102
Defense Average	11.3
Opponents Record	50-48 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1970 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Northeast Jones	8-3	188	117	5-1-0	114	36	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	8-2-1	162	54	5-1-0	73	33	Alvin Doyle
Petal	5-4	133	102	5-2-0	121	59	Jimmy Havard
South Jones	6-4	152	137	4-3-0	104	76	Hershel Hathorne
Stone	6-4-1	157	121	3-3-1	86	89	Roger Phillips
West Jones	5-5	150	134	3-4-0	89	108	Rex Todd
George County	1-7-1	78	212	1-5-1	72	127	Bill Martin
Forrest County AHS	0-10	22	242	0-7-0	22	153	Julius Stringfellow

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