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East Marion Football Team History

East Marion Eagles

East Marion High School

527 East Marion School Road Columbia, MS
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Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Leslie Peters

1970 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Leslie Peters enters his 4th season as Head Coach at East Marion.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Collins *	7	27	L
Fri., Sep. 8	@ West Marion *	6	17	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Poplarville *	17	8	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Forrest County AHS *	13	26	L
Fri., Sep. 29	@ North Pike	6	12	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Columbia	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Lumberton *	20	27	L
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Bassfield	0	36	L
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Oak Grove *	10	9	W
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Purvis *	6	36	L

1978 Season Totals
Record	2-8
Points Scored	85
Scoring Average	8.5
Points Allowed	226
Defense Average	22.6
Opponents Record	56-47 -3
Home Record	1-4
Away Record	1-4

1978 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Purvis	8-1-1	188	49	7-1-0	150	29	Jack Craft
West Marion	8-4	221	119	5-3-0	108	91	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	145	104	5-2-0	110	36	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	6-5	146	152	4-3-0	87	91	Danny Buckalew
Lumberton	5-5	134	119	3-4-0	87	77	Vernon Ward
Oak Grove	3-7	105	172	2-5-0	56	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	2-8	85	226	2-5-0	79	150	Leslie Peters
Poplarville	1-9	80	195	1-6-0	33	124	Pat Morris

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