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Petal Football Team History

Petal Panthers

Petal High School

1145 Hwy. 42 East Petal, MS
Stadium: Panther Stadium
Colors: Red & White
Coach: Jimmy Havard

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1935 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Jimmy Havard enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Petal.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Purvis	8	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	West Jones *	39	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Prentiss	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	George County *	48	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Poplarville *	16	8	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Forrest County AHS *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Stone *	20	24	L
Fri., Oct. 22	Northeast Jones *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 29	South Jones *	31	6	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Tylertown	14	12	W
Sat., Nov. 20	Saint Martin	24	23	W

1971 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	276
Scoring Average	25.1
Points Allowed	73
Defense Average	6.6
Opponents Record	56-51 -5
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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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.