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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: Jack Craft

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1922 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2024

1969 Season Highlights

Jack Craft enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Purvis.

The Tornadoes won the Apache Conference Championship.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	Petal	30	22	W
Fri., Sep. 12	Oak Grove	56	0	W
Fri., Sep. 19	Forrest County AHS	16	8	W
Fri., Sep. 26	Lumberton *	22	6	W
Fri., Oct. 3	Sumrall *	13	6	W
Fri., Oct. 10	Collins *	26	23	W
Fri., Oct. 17	Poplarville	8	0	W
Fri., Oct. 24	West Marion *	37	6	W
Fri., Oct. 31	Seminary *	45	0	W
Fri., Nov. 7	Bassfield *	20	22	L
Fri., Nov. 14	Collins *	14	13	W

1969 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	287
Scoring Average	26.1
Points Allowed	106
Defense Average	9.6
Opponents Record	56-47 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1969 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Purvis	10-1	287	106	6-1-0	177	76	Jack Craft
Collins	8-2-1	211	85	5-2-0	156	52	Jack Bailey
Bassfield	8-2	196	129	4-2-0	94	77	Malcolm Courtney
Lumberton	7-3	137	103	4-2-0	81	77	Willie Coats
West Marion	4-5	165	173	2-4-0	68	134	Doug Herbert
Seminary	3-7	112	210	1-5-0	49	159	Jerry Drane
Sumrall	3-6	133	103	0-6-0	45	95	Robert Jordan

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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.