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Lumberton Football Team History

Lumberton Panthers

Lumberton High School

7920 US Hwy. 11 South Lumberton, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Vernon Ward

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1926 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024

1979 Season Highlights

Vernon Ward enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Lumberton.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	OPEN
Thu., Sep. 6	@ Oak Grove *	18	20	L
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Poplarville *	7	20	L
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Stone	0	12	L
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Purvis *	9	6	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Collins *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Northeast Jones	14	7	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ East Marion *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 26	@ Forrest County AHS *	18	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. West Marion *	7	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Sumrall	24	14	W

1979 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	97
Scoring Average	9.7
Points Allowed	99
Defense Average	9.9
Opponents Record	49-55
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	1-4

1979 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Oak Grove	8-2	225	129	5-2-0	150	90	David Cain
Poplarville	8-3	226	141	5-3-0	152	113	Pat Morris
West Marion	8-4	206	133	4-3-0	106	79	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	190	196	4-3-0	102	86	Jack Bailey
Lumberton	5-5	97	99	3-4-0	59	66	Vernon Ward
Purvis	5-4	156	109	3-4-0	98	87	Jack Craft
East Marion	4-5	86	168	2-5-0	49	142	Leslie Peters
Forrest County AHS	2-9	110	222	2-5-0	62	123

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