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Leflore County Football Team History

Leflore County Tigers

Leflore County High School

401 Lakeside Itta Bena, MS
Stadium:
Colors: Red & Black
Coach: Marcellus Singleton

1950 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024

1979 Season Highlights

Marcellus Singleton enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Leflore County.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Humphreys County *	40	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Leland *	6	19	L
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Drew *	22	8	W
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Shaw *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	vs. Rolling Fork *	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 12	@ Coahoma County *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 19	vs. West Tallahatchie *	2	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	@ Quitman County *	38	8	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Elzy	8	0	W
Sat., Nov. 10	vs. Rosedale *

1979 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	148
Scoring Average	16.4
Points Allowed	47
Defense Average	5.2
Opponents Record	44-49 -6
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	3-2

1979 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rolling Fork	9-1	276	50	8-1-0	243	50	James Denson
Leland	9-1-1	189	98	7-1-1	161	74	Butch Inmon
Leflore County	7-2	148	47	6-2-0	140	47	Marcellus Singleton
Shaw	5-5	127	84	5-4-0	115	64
Rosedale	5-3-1	140	89	5-3-0	134	83	Leland Young
West Tallahatchie	6-4-1	138	136	4-4-1	103	110	David Ellington
Humphreys County	3-8	138	183	3-6-0	132	132	Tommy Johnson
Coahoma County	2-6-1	82	142	2-6-1	82	142	Keith Dooley
Drew	1-8-1	54	251	1-7-1	54	251	Terry Clark
Quitman County	1-8	50	261	1-8-0	50	261	Warren Brown

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

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.