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Taylorsville Football Team History

Taylorsville Tartars

Taylorsville High School

324 Hester Street Taylorsville, MS
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Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Bernie Whatley

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1937 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Bernie Whatley enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Taylorsville.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Enterprise Clarke *	12	8	W
Fri., Sep. 10	Mize	27	19	W
Fri., Sep. 17	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 24	Seminary	13	6	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Bay Springs *	40	6	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Southeast Lauderdale *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Stringer	31	6	W
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Collins	12	26	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Raleigh *	33	7	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Waynesboro *	0	19	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	6-3
Points Scored	181
Scoring Average	20.1
Points Allowed	111
Defense Average	12.3
Opponents Record	50-47 -1
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	0-0

1971 Sam Dale Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	7-3	202	98	5-3-0	162	82	L.J. Davis
Waynesboro	8-2-1	236	126	6-1-0	172	84	Tom Boszor
Southeast Lauderdale	5-4	122	124	4-4-0	122	124	Algie Davis
Quitman	8-1	240	63	3-0-0	98	14	Benson Holland
Taylorsville	6-3	181	111	3-2-0	98	54	Bernie Whatley
Neshoba Central	5-3-1	102	101	3-1-1	60	61	Bob Posey
Northeast Lauderdale	3-4-2	83	94	2-3-2	71	79	Taylor Davis
Bay Springs	2-7	125	182	1-5-0	43	122	Latrell Windham
West Lauderdale	2-7-1	68	151	1-4-1	34	89	James Phillips
Raleigh	0-9	53	347	0-6-0	27	214	Wayne Thornton

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