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Hazlehurst Football Team History

Hazlehurst Indians

Hazlehurst High School

101 South Haley Street Hazlehurst, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Emmett Smith

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1925 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Emmett Smith enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Hazlehurst.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Florence	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Forest Hill	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Monticello *	19	12	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Franklin County	32	33	L
Fri., Oct. 4	Warren Central *	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Magee *	6	19	L
Fri., Oct. 18	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 25	Mendenhall *	26	33	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Columbia *	19	13	W
Fri., Nov. 8	Prentiss *	0	44	L
Mon., Nov. 18	@ Crystal Springs *

1968 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	170
Scoring Average	18.9
Points Allowed	161
Defense Average	17.9
Opponents Record	50-60
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1968 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Canton	9-2	259	71	6-1-0	159	45	Wesley Reed
Morton	9-1	258	48	6-1-0	181	36	Reggie Robertson
Pearl	9-2	203	104	5-2-0	137	75	Joel Hudson
Forest	8-3	268	119	4-3-0	144	106	Kenneth Bramlett
Clinton	7-3	136	109	4-3-0	75	96	Roy Burkett
Florence	3-7	39	170	2-5-0	26	129	Sam Newman
Forest Hill	1-9	118	193	1-6-0	106	152	Billy Templeton
Brandon	0-10	46	260	0-7-0	26	215	Phil Flynn
	South
Prentiss	6-5	184	143	6-1-0	151	56	Tommy Alexander
Magee	7-3	191	52	5-1-0	126	25	Malcolm Nesmith
Hazlehurst	5-4	170	161	3-3-0	97	128	Emmett Smith
Crystal Springs	4-5	97	132	3-3-0	70	68	Leon Canoy
Columbia	4-6	155	137	2-4-0	96	91	Jerry Wilkinson
Warren Central	4-6	82	130	2-2-0	28	48	Dewey Partridge
Mendenhall	3-7	70	178	2-5-0	58	144	Ralph Sanders
Monticello	2-8	110	170	1-5-0	52	118	Harold Morris

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