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Pontotoc Football Team History

Pontotoc Warriors

Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Tommy Patterson

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1926 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Tommy Patterson enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Thu., Aug. 24	vs. Booneville	0	14	L
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. South Pontotoc	34	12	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ New Albany *	33	6	W
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Bruce *	20	34	L
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Aberdeen	8	26	L
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Amory *	16	14	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Ripley	28	7	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Fulton *	3	9	L
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Shannon *	13	19	L
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Houston *	20	22	L
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Corinth *	7	35	L

1978 Season Totals
Record	4-7
Points Scored	182
Scoring Average	16.5
Points Allowed	198
Defense Average	18.0
Opponents Record	60-55
Home Record	1-5
Away Record	3-2

1978 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Shannon	8-2	228	164	7-0-0	168	88	Thomas Suggs
Aberdeen	6-4	206	139	6-1-0	167	65	Thomas Pierce
Corinth	8-3	269	104	5-2-0	179	48	Carlos McComb
Houston	5-6	111	157	3-4-0	66	102	Crowell Armstrong
Amory	4-6	114	186	3-4-0	93	132	Jerry Lyons
Pontotoc	4-7	182	198	2-5-0	112	139	Tommy Patterson
Fulton	2-8	78	188	1-6-0	57	135	Don Leathers
New Albany	1-10	66	283	1-6-0	47	177
	South
Starkville	9-2	256	107	7-0-0	197	58	G.T. Thames
Caldwell	7-3	175	89	5-2-0	117	39	Butch Jones
Grenada	7-4	154	142	4-3-0	82	116
Louisville	5-5	197	130	4-3-0	157	99	Art Nester
West Point	6-4	152	116	3-4-0	98	104	Travis Langford
Tupelo	4-6	189	208	3-4-0	119	134	Dennis Waite
Oxford	2-8	111	243	1-6-0	70	190	George Blair
Lee	1-9	86	261	1-6-0	79	179	Chet Bergalowski

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