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Leflore County Football Team History

Leflore County Tigers

Leflore County High School

401 Lakeside Itta Bena, MS
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Colors: Red & Black
Coach: Paul Downs

1950 <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024

1977 Season Highlights

Paul Downs enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Leflore County.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. Humphreys County *	2	0	W
Sat., Sep. 10	@ Leland *	7	19	L
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. Drew *	38	8	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Shaw *			L
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Rolling Fork *	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 7	@ Coahoma County *	12	14	L
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. West Tallahatchie *	29	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Quitman County *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Elzy	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Rosedale *	0	24	L

1977 Season Totals
Record	5-4 -1
Points Scored	120
Scoring Average	12.0
Points Allowed	77
Defense Average	7.7
Opponents Record	44-45 -7
Home Record	4-1 -1
Away Record	1-3

1977 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rosedale	9-1	314	30	8-1-0	290	24	Leland Young
Rolling Fork	8-1-1	238	62	7-1-1	216	56	James Denson
Leland	6-3-1	168	89	6-2-1	161	61	Butch Inmon
Humphreys County	5-4-1	126	123	4-4-1	112	123	Tommy Johnson
Leflore County	5-4-1	120	77	4-4-1	101	77	Paul Downs
Shaw	5-3-2	92	104	4-3-2	72	104	Herman Smith
Quitman County	3-4-2	86	131	3-4-2	86	131	Wain Reily
Coahoma County	2-7	62	197	2-7-0	62	197	Kenneth Greco
West Tallahatchie	2-8	48	211	2-7-0	48	197	David Ellington
Drew	1-9	82	267	1-8-0	60	238

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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.