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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: Herbert Ray Nobles

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1935 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Herbert Ray Nobles enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Petal.

The Panthers won the DeSoto Conference Championship.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Purvis *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Pascagoula	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Poplarville *	44	7	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ George County *	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Lumberton *	42	18	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Brooklyn *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Waynesboro *	34	6	W
Fri., Oct. 20	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Leakesville *	49	0	W
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Pearl River Central *	40	7	W
Fri., Nov. 24	George County *	41	7	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	302
Scoring Average	30.2
Points Allowed	72
Defense Average	7.2
Opponents Record	56-46 -7
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	2-2

1961 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	8-2	302	72	8-1-0	302	59	Herbert Ray Nobles
George County	7-2-1	147	125	5-2-1	107	111	Jimmy Taylor
Lumberton	6-3	244	159	4-3-0	185	140	Ed Reed
Waynesboro	6-4	148	132	3-3-0	96	86	James Johnston
Purvis	5-4-1	161	119	3-4-1	129	105	Latrelle Williams
Brooklyn	4-4-2	142	95	3-3-2	110	81	Fred Henley
Poplarville	3-5-1	82	160	3-3-1	57	88	Doug Daniels
Leakesville	3-6-1	66	221	1-6-1	40	215	Frank Skipper
Carriere	3-7	92	232	0-5-0	20	161

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