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Leland Football Team History

Leland Cubs

Leland High School

404 East Third Street Leland, MS
Stadium:
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Jerry Lyons

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1925 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Jerry Lyons enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Leland.

The Cubs won the Delta Valley Conference Championship.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Winona *	32	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Indianola	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Cleveland *	20	14	W
Fri., Sep. 27	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 4	Rolling Fork *	26	14	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Leflore County *	20	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Coahoma County *	37	19	W
Fri., Oct. 25	West Tallahatchie *	33	14	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Drew	14	6	W
Fri., Nov. 8	Belzoni *	13	6	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	9-0
Points Scored	208
Scoring Average	23.1
Points Allowed	87
Defense Average	9.7
Opponents Record	58-44 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1968 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Leland	9-0	208	87	7-0-0	181	81	Jerry Lyons
Coahoma County	10-1	327	129	5-1-0	152	71	Buddy Tollison
Cleveland	8-3	225	144	5-2-0	134	101	Johnny Plummer
Rolling Fork	9-1-1	209	60	4-1-1	136	53	Cotton Robertson
Leflore County	6-5	148	137	4-4-0	102	100	Thomas Hamby
Winona	6-5	181	156	4-3-0	112	96	Wally Bumpas
Drew	4-5-1	123	158	3-5-1	95	138	Paul Pounds
Belzoni	4-5-1	148	149	3-5-0	105	133	Bill Darnell
East Tallahatchie	3-7	132	217	2-5-0	95	179	Dale Burt
Grenada	2-7-1	88	164	2-5-1	67	116	Parks Johnson
Indianola	2-7-1	110	191	2-6-1	90	163	Bill McGuire
South Panola	2-7-1	98	227	2-6-0	65	180	Henry Rath
West Tallahatchie	1-9	117	189	1-7-0	110	149	Liberty Cash

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