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Waynesboro Football Team History

Waynesboro Panthers

Central High School

Waynesboro, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: James Johnston

1926 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 1988

1961 Season Highlights

James Johnston enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Waynesboro.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Clara	10	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Purvis *	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Leakesville *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Bay Springs	7	26	L
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. George County *	12	19	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Lumberton *	33	14	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Petal *	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Brooklyn *	6	19	L
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Stonewall	26	13	W
Sun., Nov. 19	vs. Clara	9	7	W	Waynesboro

1961 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	148
Scoring Average	14.8
Points Allowed	132
Defense Average	13.2
Opponents Record	51-36 -7
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	2-2

1961 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	8-2	302	72	8-1-0	302	59	Herbert Ray Nobles
George County	7-2-1	147	125	5-2-1	107	111	Jimmy Taylor
Lumberton	6-3	244	159	4-3-0	185	140	Ed Reed
Waynesboro	6-4	148	132	3-3-0	96	86	James Johnston
Purvis	5-4-1	161	119	3-4-1	129	105	Latrelle Williams
Brooklyn	4-4-2	142	95	3-3-2	110	81	Fred Henley
Poplarville	3-5-1	82	160	3-3-1	57	88	Doug Daniels
Leakesville	3-6-1	66	221	1-6-1	40	215	Frank Skipper
Carriere	3-7	92	232	0-5-0	20	161

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