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Sturgis Football Team History

Sturgis Lions

Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Johnny Fulce

1938 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2001

1971 Season Highlights

Johnny Fulce enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Sturgis.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Weir	6	12	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Vardaman *
Fri., Sep. 17	Mathiston *	50	8	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Noxapater	0	24	L
Fri., Oct. 1	Ethel	14	14	T
Fri., Oct. 8	McAdams	44	14	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Durant *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 22	Cumberland *	52	14	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Nanih Waiya *	40	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Maben *	58	18	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Choctaw Central	21	12	W

1971 Season Totals
Record	6-3 -1
Points Scored	291
Scoring Average	29.1
Points Allowed	130
Defense Average	13.0
Opponents Record	51-51 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	East
Durant	8-1-1	222	79	5-1-0	152	34	Larry Tynes
Nanih Waiya	7-3	237	133	4-2-0	132	87	Larry Skelton
Sturgis	6-3-1	291	130	4-1-0	206	54	Johnny Fulce
Maben	5-4	212	206	3-3-0	142	154	Larry Perry
Vardaman	2-6	68	187	2-3-0	51	101	George Rooks
Mathiston	1-9	61	287	1-5-0	41	153	Hugh Shurden
Cumberland	0-8	57	247	0-6-0	43	206
	West
Noxapater	10-0	282	28	6-0-0	178	8	Buck Kennedy
Weir	8-2	218	73	4-2-0	110	53	Donald McMinn
Vaiden	6-4	143	86	4-2-0	77	51	Billy Joe Ferguson
Ethel	3-5-1	79	144	2-4-0	32	100	Dudley Williams
North Carrollton	3-4-2	108	123	2-3-1	56	79	Farris Jenkins
Kilmichael	3-5-1	112	148	2-3-1	49	84	Marvell Morgan
McAdams	0-9	62	262	0-6-0	36	163	Bo Holmes

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