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Shannon Football Team History

Shannon Red Raiders

Shannon High School

218 Cherry Street Shannon, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Thomas Suggs

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

1977 Season Highlights

Thomas Suggs enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Shannon.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Okolona	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Fulton *	17	0	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ Nettleton	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Houston *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Corinth *	7	3	W
Fri., Oct. 7	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Amory *	0	22	L
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. Pontotoc *	16	13	W
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Aberdeen *	22	35	L
Fri., Nov. 4	@ New Albany *	28	0	W
	Independence	25	6	W	Oxford

1977 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	182
Scoring Average	18.2
Points Allowed	79
Defense Average	7.9
Opponents Record	64-51 -1
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	4-1

1977 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Aberdeen	10-0	222	84	7-0-0	168	57	Thomas Pierce
Shannon	8-2	182	79	5-2-0	111	73	Thomas Suggs
Amory	6-4	121	87	5-2-0	86	35	Jerry Lyons
Fulton	7-4	126	73	4-3-0	61	47	Don Leathers
Corinth	8-4	169	88	3-4-0	61	41	Johnny Plummer
Houston	3-7	69	143	2-5-0	52	104	Crowell Armstrong
Pontotoc	3-7	75	119	1-6-0	47	87	Tommy Morton
New Albany	2-8	55	252	1-6-0	32	174
	South
Louisville	7-3	185	107	6-1-0	164	65	Art Nester
Tupelo	6-4	198	124	5-2-0	152	77	Dennis Waite
Caldwell	5-5	189	131	4-3-0	148	92	Waverly King
Lee	5-5	134	124	4-3-0	97	84	Dennis Coleman
Starkville	4-6	144	132	4-3-0	117	92	G.T. Thames
Grenada	4-6	168	162	3-4-0	122	114
West Point	2-8	60	196	2-5-0	41	136	Travis Langford
Oxford	0-10	40	278	0-7-0	28	209	Bob Sanders

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