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Lumberton Football Team History

Lumberton Panthers

Lumberton High School

7920 US Hwy. 11 South Lumberton, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Vernon Ward

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

1978 Season Highlights

Vernon Ward enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Lumberton.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Oak Grove *	20	6	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Poplarville *	8	14	L
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Stone	8	7	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Purvis *	10	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Collins *	7	15	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Hancock	20	22	L
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. East Marion *	27	20	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Forrest County AHS *	9	10	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ West Marion *	6	12	L
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Sumrall	19	13	W

1978 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	134
Scoring Average	13.4
Points Allowed	119
Defense Average	11.9
Opponents Record	48-57 -1
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	2-3

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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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.