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Purvis Football Team History

Purvis Tornadoes

Purvis Attendance Center

220 School Street Purvis, MS
Stadium: Cowart Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Jack Craft

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1922 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2026

1979 Season Highlights

Jack Craft enters his 13th season as Head Coach at Purvis.

The Tornadoes finished th in District Apache.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 7	@ Petal	28	14	W
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Oak Grove *	29	19	W
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Forrest County AHS *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Lumberton *	6	9	L
Fri., Oct. 5	vs. Stone	30	8	W
Fri., Oct. 12	@ Collins *	19	14	W
Fri., Oct. 19	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. West Marion *	9	12	L
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Poplarville *	7	20	L
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. East Marion *	7	13	L

1979 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	156
Scoring Average	17.3
Points Allowed	109
Defense Average	12.1
Opponents Record	53-51
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	3-2

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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