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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: Ed Walker

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1935 <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024

1965 Season Highlights

Ed Walker enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Petal.

1965 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. Purvis *	19	7	W
Sat., Sep. 11	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. Poplarville *	18	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ George County *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Lumberton *	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	@ Forrest County AHS *	30	7	W
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. South Jones	35	7	W
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Magee	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Leakesville *	49	13	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Picayune	39	0	W
Fri., Nov. 12	George County *	7	6	W

1965 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	232
Scoring Average	23.2
Points Allowed	81
Defense Average	8.1
Opponents Record	57-51 -3
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	2-2

1965 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	8-2	232	81	6-1-0	158	46	Ed Walker
George County	7-3	184	83	6-1-0	152	53	Fred Gill
Lumberton	6-3-1	181	159	3-3-1	101	113	Tommy Alexander
Forrest County AHS	5-5	164	153	3-3-0	111	108	James Mabry
Poplarville	5-4	173	122	3-3-0	95	90	Doug Daniels
Purvis	4-6-1	215	173	1-5-1	87	126	Latrelle Williams
Leakesville	4-6	102	208	0-6-0	28	194	S.L. Scott

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