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Laurel Football Team History

Laurel Golden Tornadoes

Laurel High School

Laurel, MS
Stadium: R.H. Watkins Stadium
Colors: Cardinal and Gold
Coach: Rush McKay

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1908 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Rush McKay enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Laurel.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Gulfport East *	35	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Meridian	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 20	Moss Point *	26	6	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Gulfport *	7	26	L
Fri., Oct. 4	Pascagoula	13	21	L
Fri., Oct. 11	Brookhaven *	40	6	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Natchez-Adams *	28	21	W
Fri., Oct. 25	McComb *	21	12	W
Fri., Nov. 8	Biloxi *	0	7	L
Fri., Nov. 15	vs. Hattiesburg *	32	7	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	202
Scoring Average	20.2
Points Allowed	139
Defense Average	13.9
Opponents Record	50-49 -4
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1968 Big 8 S Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Biloxi	11-0	388	113	7-0-0	263	60	John Williams
Gulfport	8-2	262	113	6-1-0	182	77	Charles Ellzey
Laurel	6-4	202	139	6-2-0	189	92	Rush McKay
Hattiesburg	6-5	200	168	5-3-0	142	110	Stan Hathorn
Wingfield	8-2	250	56	4-1-0	147	20	A.J. Kilpatrick
Gulfport East	6-4	180	174	3-4-0	91	141	Ray Bishop
Pascagoula	4-6	116	152	3-4-0	106	124	Levaine Hollingshead
Provine	3-7	57	191	2-2-0	14	93	John Ladner
Picayune	2-8	144	294	2-6-0	97	221	Ed Reed
Natchez-Adams	2-7-1	110	201	2-4-0	72	134	John Correro
Brookhaven	1-7-2	71	175	1-4-1	51	120	Charles McArthur
Moss Point	1-9	39	339	1-7-0	39	260	Ray Freeman
McComb	1-8-1	152	150	0-5-1	93	74	Frank Halbert

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