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Poplarville Football Team History

Poplarville Hornets

Poplarville High School

1301 South Main Street Poplarville, MS
Stadium: Dobie Holden Stadium
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Alvin Doyle

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1911 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Alvin Doyle enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Poplarville.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	vs. Pearl River Central	42	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	vs. Lumberton	24	7	W
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. South Jones *	14	7	W
Fri., Sep. 25	@ West Jones *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Petal *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. George County *	10	6	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Purvis	8	8	T
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Bay	15	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Forrest County AHS *	22	8	W
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Stone *	14	6	W
Sat., Nov. 21	DIberville	0	6	L	Long Beach

1970 Season Totals
Record	8-2 -1
Points Scored	162
Scoring Average	14.7
Points Allowed	54
Defense Average	4.9
Opponents Record	51-53 -6
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	3-0 -1

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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