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Waynesboro Football Team History

Waynesboro Panthers

Central High School

Waynesboro, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Larry Easterling

1926 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 1988

1978 Season Highlights

Larry Easterling enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Waynesboro.

The Panthers won the Sam Dale Conference Championship.

The Panthers set a team record by winning 11 games.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 25	vs. Washington County AL	17	0	W
Thu., Aug. 31	vs. Enterprise Clarke *	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 8	@ West Kemper *	18	7	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Clara	15	12	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Northeast Lauderdale *	10	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Beat Four	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Quitman *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Buckatunna	47	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Southeast Lauderdale *	49	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Northeast Jones	48	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Heidelberg	40	6	W
Fri., Nov. 17	Pass Christian	25	20	W	Perkinson

1978 Season Totals
Record	11-1
Points Scored	316
Scoring Average	26.3
Points Allowed	58
Defense Average	4.8
Opponents Record	55-51 -4
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	5-0

1978 Sam Dale Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	7-3	170	144	3-2-0	87	87	Wayne Carr
Waynesboro	11-1	316	58	4-1-0	97	14	Larry Easterling
Quitman	5-4-1	173	113	3-1-1	100	64	Doug Fowler
West Kemper	6-1-2	126	57	2-1-2	49	36	Billy Brown
Northeast Lauderdale	3-6-1	114	136	1-3-1	37	60	Julius Moore
Southeast Lauderdale	0-10	96	298	0-5-0	44	153

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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.