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Greenville Football Team History

Greenville Hornets

Greenville High School

419 East Robert Shaw Greenville, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Gary Dempsey

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1912 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Gary Dempsey enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Greenville.

The Hornets set a team record by winning 11 games.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	Lee *	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Caldwell *	22	14	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Tupelo *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Cleveland *	31	7	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Meridian	34	14	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Corinth *	36	12	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Pine Bluff AR	34	12	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Clarksdale *	35	14	W
Fri., Nov. 5	South Vicksburg	55	6	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Greenwood *	15	14	W
Fri., Nov. 26	@ Callaway	17	14	W	Jackson

1971 Season Totals
Record	11-0
Points Scored	321
Scoring Average	29.2
Points Allowed	107
Defense Average	9.7
Opponents Record	64-47 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1971 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenville	11-0	321	107	7-0-0	181	61	Gary Dempsey
Greenwood	9-2	273	68	5-2-0	143	61	Hollis Rutter
Clarksdale	7-3	231	123	4-3-0	134	117	Ronald Bennett
Corinth	6-4	176	173	4-3-0	94	146	Johnny Plummer
Cleveland	5-4	187	137	4-3-0	140	116	Jimmy Warren
Tupelo	6-5	159	109	3-4-0	98	76	Tom Cheney
Caldwell	3-6	155	142	1-6-0	101	104	Robert Youngblood
Lee	1-9	55	315	0-7-0	22	231	Dwain Acker

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