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Collins Football Team History

Collins Tigers

Collins High School

1208 South Dogwood Ave. Collins, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Jack Bailey

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1928 <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024

1977 Season Highlights

Jack Bailey enters his 20th season as Head Coach at Collins.

The Tigers won the Apache Conference Championship.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. East Marion *	34	6	W
Fri., Sep. 9	@ Bay Springs	34	14	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ West Marion *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Poplarville *	46	14	W
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Lumberton *	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Purvis *	40	7	W
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Oak Grove *	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Prentiss	41	0	W
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Forrest County AHS *	33	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Seminary	42	0	W

1977 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	377
Scoring Average	37.7
Points Allowed	41
Defense Average	4.1
Opponents Record	40-55 -4
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	5-0

1977 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Collins	10-0	377	41	7-0-0	260	27	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	8-2	157	85	5-2-0	81	60	Danny Buckalew
Purvis	8-2	218	73	5-2-0	115	66	Jack Craft
Lumberton	6-4	119	90	4-3-0	91	75	Vernon Ward
Poplarville	3-6-1	56	164	3-3-1	43	103	Pat Morris
Oak Grove	2-6-2	50	154	1-5-1	10	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	1-9	37	151	1-6-0	25	82	Leslie Peters
West Marion	1-7-1	44	146	1-6-0	30	128	Royce Foster

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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.