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Mendenhall Football Team History

Mendenhall Tigers

Mendenhall High School

207 Circle Drive Mendenhall, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: David Abercrombie

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1926 <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024

1980 Season Highlights

David Abercrombie enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Mendenhall.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	@ Florence	27	8	W
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Hazlehurst	35	6	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Forest *	27	7	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. Brandon	31	14	W
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Madison-Ridgeland *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Warren Central	9	14	L
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Prentiss *	21	14	W
Fri., Oct. 24	vs. Saint Joseph Jackson *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Morton *	34	14	W
Fri., Nov. 7	@ Magee *	14	3	W
Mon., Nov. 17	Clinton	13	20	L

1980 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	270
Scoring Average	24.5
Points Allowed	106
Defense Average	9.6
Opponents Record	54-56
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	5-0

1980 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Prentiss	5-4	153	148	3-3-0	91	98	Richard Hall
Mendenhall	9-2	270	106	6-0-0	155	44	David Abercrombie
Magee	7-3	216	134	5-1-0	169	65	John Mangum
Saint Joseph Jackson	6-4	145	137	3-3-0	85	107	Bill Raphael
Morton	3-7	137	215	3-3-0	97	88	Ed Amis
Forest	2-8	134	197	1-5-0	77	112	Jim Sizemore
Madison-Ridgeland	2-8	111	283	0-6-0	26	186	P.B. Walker
	South
Clinton	9-1	284	106	5-1-0	190	73	Jerry Lyons
Florence	7-4	257	104	4-2-0	129	55	Lee Bramlett
Warren Central	7-3	241	56	4-2-0	165	23	Lum Wright
Brandon	6-4	213	201	4-2-0	145	123	Wally Bumpas
Pearl	6-4	197	164	3-3-0	90	106	Doug Merchant
Crystal Springs	1-9	87	285	1-5-0	74	223	Lavorn Russell
Hazlehurst	0-10	62	349	0-6-0	38	228

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