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Forest Football Team History

Forest Bearcats

Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: Jim Sizemore

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

1980 Season Highlights

Jim Sizemore enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Forest.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	vs. Neshoba Central	19	20	L
Fri., Sep. 12	@ Brandon	13	25	L
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. Mendenhall *	7	27	L
Fri., Sep. 26	@ Prentiss *	12	13	L
Fri., Oct. 3	vs. Saint Joseph Jackson *	12	13	L
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Monticello	25	6	W
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Magee *	21	27	L
Fri., Oct. 24	@ Florence	0	34	L
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Madison-Ridgeland *	19	17	W
Fri., Nov. 7	@ Morton *	6	15	L

1980 Season Totals
Record	2-8
Points Scored	134
Scoring Average	13.4
Points Allowed	197
Defense Average	19.7
Opponents Record	48-53
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	0-5

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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