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Sumner Hill Football Team History

Sumner Hill Hornets

Sumner Hill High School

Clinton, MS
Stadium:
Colors:
Coach: Sherman Matthews

1970 <-- 1973 <- 1974 -> 1975 --> 1980

1974 Season Highlights

Sherman Matthews enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Sumner Hill.

The Hornets set a team record by allowing 228 points.

1974 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Forest Hill	0	35	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Saint Joseph Jackson	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 20	East Flora *	6	6	T
Fri., Sep. 27	Liberty	20	14	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Jefferson County	12	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Velma Jackson *	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Canton *	14	27	L
Fri., Oct. 25	Hinds County AHS *	26	7	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Amite County	22	54	L
Fri., Nov. 8	Port Gibson *	22	26	L

1974 Season Totals
Record	3-6 -1
Points Scored	122
Scoring Average	12.2
Points Allowed	228
Defense Average	22.8
Opponents Record	54-38 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-1

1974 West Riverside Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Velma Jackson	8-1	265	26	4-1-0	117	26	Tracy Steele
Hinds County AHS	7-4	135	111	4-1-0	54	45	Robert Strong
Port Gibson	6-3	254	105	2-2-0	112	71	Benjamin Robinson
Canton	3-4-1	89	94	2-2-0	39	38	Clyde McGee
Sumner Hill	3-6-1	122	228	1-3-1	68	99	Sherman Matthews
East Flora	0-9-1	52	232	0-4-1	12	123	Anotal Davenport
	South
Amite County	9-0	334	82	4-0-0	154	22	Johnny Moran
Liberty	6-3-1	146	111	3-1-0	62	36	Earnest Dunlap
Jefferson County	3-6	48	159	2-2-0	42	74	Leonard Brown
Wilkinson County	1-6	42	212	1-3-0	30	100	Conway Henyard
Winans	0-7	0	161	0-4-0	0	56	Jerry Russ

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