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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 <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024

1977 Season Highlights

Jack Craft enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Purvis.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Petal	29	0	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Oak Grove *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ Forrest County AHS *	0	10	L
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Lumberton *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Sumrall	50	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	@ Collins *	7	40	L
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Prentiss	24	7	W
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. West Marion *	20	16	W
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Poplarville *	27	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. East Marion *	7	0	W

1977 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	218
Scoring Average	21.8
Points Allowed	73
Defense Average	7.3
Opponents Record	33-61 -4
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	3-2

1977 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Collins	10-0	377	41	7-0-0	260	27	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	8-2	157	85	5-2-0	81	60	Danny Buckalew
Purvis	8-2	218	73	5-2-0	115	66	Jack Craft
Lumberton	6-4	119	90	4-3-0	91	75	Vernon Ward
Poplarville	3-6-1	56	164	3-3-1	43	103	Pat Morris
Oak Grove	2-6-2	50	154	1-5-1	10	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	1-9	37	151	1-6-0	25	82	Leslie Peters
West Marion	1-7-1	44	146	1-6-0	30	128	Royce Foster

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