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Shannon Football Team History

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Shannon High School

218 Cherry Street Shannon, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Thomas Suggs

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1928 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Thomas Suggs enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Shannon.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 10	Calhoun City *	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Nettleton *	45	14	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Fulton *	7	15	L
Fri., Oct. 1	Booneville *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Ripley *	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Saltillo *	35	6	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Baldwyn *	7	20	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Okolona *	14	5	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Kossuth *	46	14	W

1971 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	223
Scoring Average	24.8
Points Allowed	86
Defense Average	9.6
Opponents Record	47-46 -2
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	10-1	312	48	9-0-0	275	21	Ben Jones
Booneville	9-2	252	123	7-2-0	220	99	Jim Drewry
Shannon	7-2	223	86	7-2-0	223	86	Thomas Suggs
Baldwyn	7-3	166	71	6-3-0	152	71	Jackie Spradling
Okolona	6-4-1	211	155	6-4-0	211	155	Sammy Graves
Ripley	4-5-1	133	172	4-5-0	133	172	Compton Shelton
Saltillo	3-8	124	207	3-6-0	117	187	Mitch Grissom
Calhoun City	4-7	110	266	2-7-0	61	251	Billy Cook
Kossuth	3-7	133	195	2-7-0	94	183	Tommy Lucas
Nettleton	1-9	80	305	0-9-0	72	299	Woody Magers

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