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Mendenhall Football Team History

Mendenhall Tigers

Mendenhall High School

207 Circle Drive Mendenhall, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: David Abercrombie

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

1978 Season Highlights

David Abercrombie enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Mendenhall.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Florence	20	7	W
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Hazlehurst	33	18	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Forest *	34	14	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Brandon	27	10	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Madison-Ridgeland *	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Warren Central	7	14	L
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Prentiss *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Saint Joseph Jackson *	14	9	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Morton *	34	28	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Magee *	0	20	L
Fri., Nov. 10	@ Clinton	14	7	W

1978 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	236
Scoring Average	21.5
Points Allowed	134
Defense Average	12.2
Opponents Record	56-60
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	5-1

1978 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Magee	9-3	198	72	6-0-0	123	12	Jerry Sullivan
Mendenhall	9-2	236	134	5-1-0	135	78	David Abercrombie
Morton	6-4	235	161	4-2-0	133	70	Reggie Robertson
Forest	6-4	164	146	3-3-0	91	103	Gary Risher
Prentiss	2-9	91	197	2-4-0	48	93	Richard Hall
Saint Joseph Jackson	3-7	94	174	1-5-0	39	105	Bill Raphael
Madison-Ridgeland	1-9	53	205	0-6-0	20	128	P.B. Walker
	South
Warren Central	11-0	247	55	6-0-0	142	28	Lum Wright
Clinton	7-4	202	112	4-2-0	121	65	James Sloan
Pearl	6-5	173	113	4-2-0	111	46	Doug Merchant
Brandon	7-5	217	179	3-3-0	97	89	Danny Gregory
Crystal Springs	6-4	160	115	2-4-0	54	95	Lavon Russell
Hazlehurst	4-6	122	212	2-4-0	67	138	Mason Denham
Florence	0-9	102	251	0-6-0	62	193	Lee Bramlett

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