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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: Latrelle Williams

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1922 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Latrelle Williams enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Purvis.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Petal *	0	33	L
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Waynesboro *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Brooklyn *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Lumberton *	26	21	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Ellisville	20	7	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Leakesville *	33	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Poplarville *	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Pearl River Central *	51	13	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. George County *	13	20	L
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Richton	12	7	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	5-4 -1
Points Scored	161
Scoring Average	16.1
Points Allowed	119
Defense Average	11.9
Opponents Record	48-43 -5
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	1-2 -1

1961 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	8-2	302	72	8-1-0	302	59	Herbert Ray Nobles
George County	7-2-1	147	125	5-2-1	107	111	Jimmy Taylor
Lumberton	6-3	244	159	4-3-0	185	140	Ed Reed
Waynesboro	6-4	148	132	3-3-0	96	86	James Johnston
Purvis	5-4-1	161	119	3-4-1	129	105	Latrelle Williams
Brooklyn	4-4-2	142	95	3-3-2	110	81	Fred Henley
Poplarville	3-5-1	82	160	3-3-1	57	88	Doug Daniels
Leakesville	3-6-1	66	221	1-6-1	40	215	Frank Skipper
Carriere	3-7	92	232	0-5-0	20	161

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