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Lumberton Football Team History

Lumberton Panthers

Lumberton High School

7920 US Hwy. 11 South Lumberton, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Vernon Ward

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1926 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Vernon Ward enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Lumberton.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Oak Grove *	20	6	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Poplarville *	8	14	L
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Stone	8	7	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Purvis *	10	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Collins *	7	15	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Hancock	20	22	L
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. East Marion *	27	20	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Forrest County AHS *	9	10	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ West Marion *	6	12	L
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Sumrall	19	13	W

1978 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	134
Scoring Average	13.4
Points Allowed	119
Defense Average	11.9
Opponents Record	48-57 -1
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	2-3

1978 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Purvis	8-1-1	188	49	7-1-0	150	29	Jack Craft
West Marion	8-4	221	119	5-3-0	108	91	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	145	104	5-2-0	110	36	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	6-5	146	152	4-3-0	87	91	Danny Buckalew
Lumberton	5-5	134	119	3-4-0	87	77	Vernon Ward
Oak Grove	3-7	105	172	2-5-0	56	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	2-8	85	226	2-5-0	79	150	Leslie Peters
Poplarville	1-9	80	195	1-6-0	33	124	Pat Morris

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

In 1969 the two point conversion was adopted for play following a touchdown. Until that time all conversions were worth one point.