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Purvis Football Team History

Purvis Tornadoes

Purvis Attendance Center

220 School Street Purvis, MS
Stadium: Cowart Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Jack Craft

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1922 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Jack Craft enters his 12th season as Head Coach at Purvis.

The Tornadoes won the Apache Conference Championship.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Petal	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Oak Grove *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Forrest County AHS *	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Lumberton *	0	10	L
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Sumrall	38	20	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Collins *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 20	@ West Marion *	21	7	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Poplarville *	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ East Marion *	36	6	W
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. West Marion *	13	6	W

1978 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	188
Scoring Average	18.8
Points Allowed	49
Defense Average	4.9
Opponents Record	55-61 -1
Home Record	4-1 -1
Away Record	4-0

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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