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Weir Football Team History

Weir Lions

Weir Attendance Center

100 School Street Weir, MS
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Colors: Scarlet & White
Coach: Marion Kelly

1949 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2012

1961 Season Highlights

Marion Kelly enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Weir.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Sturgis	49	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Houston	45	0	W
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Noxapater *	19	6	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Edinburg *	53	7	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Mathiston	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Sebastopol *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Nanih Waiya *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Caledonia	16	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Maben	40	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Hickory *	6	35	L

1961 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	295
Scoring Average	29.5
Points Allowed	61
Defense Average	6.1
Opponents Record	40-53 -1
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	5-1

1961 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
New Hope	6-3	123	98	4-0-0	92	33	Gerald Durdin
Mathiston	6-3	136	66	3-1-0	62	20	Gaines Crawford
Caledonia	4-5	85	134	2-2-0	45	56	Sanford Powell
Sturgis	3-7	101	235	1-3-0	27	78
Maben	1-8	39	139	0-4-0	13	52
	South
Weir	9-1	295	61	4-1-0	132	48	Marion Kelly
Hickory	8-1	202	64	4-1-0	108	51	John Kenna
Noxapater	8-2-1	156	65	4-1-0	98	38	Doug Sullivan
Nanih Waiya	6-4	209	121	2-3-0	94	79	Jimmy Dempsey
Edinburg	2-7	135	234	1-4-0	46	148	Charles Mooney
Sebastopol	1-7	69	223	0-5-0	30	144	Dick Canoy

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