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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Roy Terry

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1920 <-- 1971 <- 1972 -> 1973 --> 2024

1972 Season Highlights

Roy Terry enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1972 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	Decatur *	33	20	W
Fri., Sep. 15	Neshoba Central	13	18	L
Mon., Sep. 25	Union *	12	8	W
Fri., Sep. 29	Carthage *	24	6	W
Fri., Oct. 6	Ackerman *	14	18	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Kosciusko *	12	39	L
Fri., Oct. 20	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 27	Forest	7	41	L
Fri., Nov. 3	Newton *	58	14	W
Fri., Nov. 10	Louisville *	0	54	L
Fri., Nov. 17	Winona *	40	22	W

1972 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	213
Scoring Average	21.3
Points Allowed	240
Defense Average	24.0
Opponents Record	59-50 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1972 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Eupora	8-3	198	77	6-2-0	133	64	Reuban Walker
Kosciusko	10-0	268	59	5-0-0	139	19	Art Nester
Ackerman	7-3	223	109	5-2-0	162	64	Ronnie Ware
Decatur	6-5	158	180	5-1-0	138	88	Harlon Stewart
Philadelphia	5-5	213	240	5-3-0	193	181	Roy Terry
Louisville	8-2	333	60	3-1-0	187	19	A.J. Kilpatrick
Winona	4-6	194	219	3-3-0	136	134	Wally Bumpas
West Kemper	3-3-1	65	76	2-2-0	47	56	Billy Brown
Newton	2-8	100	346	1-6-0	66	257	Gerald Hegan
Union	2-8	108	196	1-6-0	74	144	Percy Miller
Noxubee County	1-6	74	225	0-4-0	24	145	Vernon Johnson
Carthage	0-9-1	107	266	0-6-0	49	177	Bobby Goolsby

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