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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Danny Gregory

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1920 <-- 1975 <- 1976 -> 1977 --> 2024

1976 Season Highlights

Danny Gregory enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

The Tornadoes won the Choctaw Conference Championship.

1976 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. Decatur *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Neshoba Central *	20	8	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Union *	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. Carthage *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Ackerman *	29	2	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Kosciusko *	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Eupora *	44	6	W
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Forest	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Newton *	69	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Winona *	21	6	W

1976 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	244
Scoring Average	24.4
Points Allowed	36
Defense Average	3.6
Opponents Record	44-51 -3
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-0 -1

1976 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Philadelphia	8-1-1	244	36	8-1-0	244	36	Danny Gregory
Kosciusko	8-3	207	125	6-1-0	156	49	Ricky Black
Ackerman	6-1-1	132	80	6-1-0	132	80	Ronnie Ware
Carthage	7-2	207	89	4-2-0	121	83
Union	5-5	199	145	4-3-0	131	78	David Bailey
Neshoba Central	4-6	157	142	3-4-0	144	109	Bob Posey
Winona	3-6-1	146	126	2-4-0	88	81	Henry Allman
Noxubee County	4-1	81	23	1-1-0	20	23
Newton	1-9	59	338	1-6-0	51	245	Rodney Bounds
Decatur	3-7	98	233	0-6-0	36	187	Larry Henderson
Eupora	1-9	81	268	0-6-0	34	186	Tom Hamby

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