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West Marion Football Team History

West Marion Trojans

West Marion High School

2 West Marion Street Foxworth, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Royce Foster

1961 <-- 1976 <- 1977 -> 1978 --> 2024

1977 Season Highlights

Royce Foster enters his 1st season as Head Coach at West Marion.

1977 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. Forrest County AHS *	0	22	L
Fri., Sep. 9	@ East Marion *	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. Collins *	0	27	L
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Bassfield	8	12	L
Fri., Sep. 30	@ Poplarville *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 7	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Salem	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Purvis *	16	20	L
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Lumberton *	0	38	L
Mon., Nov. 7	vs. Oak Grove *	7	8	L

1977 Season Totals
Record	1-7 -1
Points Scored	44
Scoring Average	4.9
Points Allowed	146
Defense Average	16.2
Opponents Record	56-39 -5
Home Record	0-4 -1
Away Record	1-3

1977 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Collins	10-0	377	41	7-0-0	260	27	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	8-2	157	85	5-2-0	81	60	Danny Buckalew
Purvis	8-2	218	73	5-2-0	115	66	Jack Craft
Lumberton	6-4	119	90	4-3-0	91	75	Vernon Ward
Poplarville	3-6-1	56	164	3-3-1	43	103	Pat Morris
Oak Grove	2-6-2	50	154	1-5-1	10	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	1-9	37	151	1-6-0	25	82	Leslie Peters
West Marion	1-7-1	44	146	1-6-0	30	128	Royce Foster

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