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Mount Olive Football Team History

Mount Olive Pirates

Mount Olive Attendance Center

301 South 4th Street Mount Olive, MS
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Colors: Purple, White & Gold
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1935 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

The Head Coach is unknown.

The Pirates won the MidSouth Conference Championship.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Thu., Aug. 24	@ New Hebron *	14	20	L
Fri., Sep. 1	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Enterprise Lincoln *	27	6	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Loyd Star *	27	20	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. West Union *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Topeka-Tilton *	39	15	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Wesson *	28	7	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Taylorsville	0	35	L
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Salem *	12	13	L (OT)
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Dexter *	28	18	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Mize *	41	2	W
Thu., Nov. 9	@ Salem *	15	14	W

1978 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	264
Scoring Average	24.0
Points Allowed	150
Defense Average	13.6
Opponents Record	67-55
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	5-1

1978 MidSouth Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Salem	10-1	323	78	9-1-0	302	66	Joe Howell
Mount Olive	8-3	264	150	8-2-0	264	115
Dexter	7-3	218	141	6-3-0	194	133	Jimmy Lowery
New Hebron	6-4	186	140	6-3-0	177	106	John Flynt
Loyd Star	6-4	265	123	5-3-0	231	106
Wesson	4-6	141	142	4-5-0	134	128
Mize	3-7	134	206	3-5-0	105	165	Zack McKee
Enterprise Lincoln	2-6	70	102	2-5-0	70	102
West Union	2-8	51	300	1-8-0	24	300	Archie Skiffer
Topeka-Tilton	0-10	42	334	0-9-0	34	314

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