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Simmons Football Team History

Simmons Blue Devils

Simmons High School

501 West Washington Street Hollandale, MS
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Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Robert Hawthorne

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

1971 Season Highlights

Robert Hawthorne enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Simmons.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 10	Kennedy *	48	6	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Weathers	54	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Broad Street	44	18	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Rosa Fort	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Canton	10	16	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Shaw	54	6	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Rolling Fork	8	22	L
Fri., Oct. 29	OBannon	42	6	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Gentry *	8	12	L
Fri., Nov. 12	East Side *	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 19	Coahoma AHS *	8	8	T

1971 Season Totals
Record	7-3 -1
Points Scored	328
Scoring Average	29.8
Points Allowed	100
Defense Average	9.1
Opponents Record	41-42 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 North Central Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Simmons	7-3-1	328	100	2-1-1	90	26	Robert Hawthorne
Gentry	6-2-1	206	96	2-2-0	79	58	J.B. Holmes
Kennedy	5-3	130	119	2-1-0	54	75	Prentice James
Coahoma AHS	2-3-1	38	58	2-1-1	36	38	Charles Barron
East Side	1-8	98	263	0-3-0	22	84	Wardell Davis
	Central
Elzy	8-0-1	161	8	1-0-0	26	0	Earnest Williams
Shelby	4-3	162	163	1-1-0	40	32	Willie Washington
Nugent Center	4-0-1	124	46	1-0-0	26	12	Johnny Evans
Rosa Fort	3-4	56	85	0-1-0	6	28	Woodrow Clark
Tchula	1-2	15	52	0-1-0	0	26
Lexington	0-4	18	105	0-3-0	12	85

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