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Stone Football Team History

Stone Tomcats

Stone County High School

400 East Border Avenue Wiggins, MS
Stadium: A.L. May Memorial Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Mike Nelson

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1924 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Mike Nelson enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Stone.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Bay	10	8	W
Fri., Sep. 10	George County *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Notre Dame	48	6	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Northeast Jones *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 1	Forrest County AHS *	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 8	West Jones *	17	14	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Petal *	24	20	W
Fri., Oct. 22	South Jones *	31	6	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Harrison Central	14	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Poplarville *	13	0	W
Fri., Nov. 19	Mount Olive	14	0	W	Perkinston

1971 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	219
Scoring Average	19.9
Points Allowed	74
Defense Average	6.7
Opponents Record	56-52 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	10-1	276	73	6-1-0	195	38	Jimmy Havard
Stone	10-1	219	74	6-1-0	133	60	Mike Nelson
Northeast Jones	7-3	167	141	4-2-0	98	92	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	5-4-1	131	163	4-2-0	88	68	Alvin Doyle
George County	4-6-1	173	200	4-3-0	137	103	Bill Martin
West Jones	2-7	102	250	2-5-0	74	168	Rex Todd
Forrest County AHS	2-7-1	90	141	0-6-1	39	119	Roger Phillips
South Jones	1-7-1	45	182	0-6-1	26	140	Hershel Hathorne

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

In 1969 the two point conversion was adopted for play following a touchdown. Until that time all conversions were worth one point.