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West Marion Football Team History

West Marion Trojans

West Marion High School

2 West Marion Street Foxworth, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Royce Foster

1961 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Royce Foster enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at West Marion.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 25	@ Columbia	15	22	L
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Forrest County AHS *	7	18	L
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. East Marion *	17	6	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Collins *	2	0	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Bassfield	15	6	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Poplarville *	32	13	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Tylertown	44	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. North Pike	39	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Purvis *	7	21	L
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Lumberton *	12	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Oak Grove *	25	14	W
Fri., Nov. 10	@ Purvis *	6	13	L

1978 Season Totals
Record	8-4
Points Scored	221
Scoring Average	18.4
Points Allowed	119
Defense Average	9.9
Opponents Record	64-57 -4
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	3-3

1978 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Purvis	8-1-1	188	49	7-1-0	150	29	Jack Craft
West Marion	8-4	221	119	5-3-0	108	91	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	145	104	5-2-0	110	36	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	6-5	146	152	4-3-0	87	91	Danny Buckalew
Lumberton	5-5	134	119	3-4-0	87	77	Vernon Ward
Oak Grove	3-7	105	172	2-5-0	56	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	2-8	85	226	2-5-0	79	150	Leslie Peters
Poplarville	1-9	80	195	1-6-0	33	124	Pat Morris

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