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Quitman Football Team History

Quitman Panthers

Quitman High School

210 South Jackson Avenue Quitman, MS
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Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Willie Coats

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1927 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024

1979 Season Highlights

Willie Coats enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Quitman.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	@ Forest	14	6	W
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. West Kemper *	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. South Jones	9	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. West Jones	7	21	L
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Kosciusko	3	20	L
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Northeast Jones	0	3	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Waynesboro *	3	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Enterprise Clarke *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Philadelphia	13	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Southeast Lauderdale *	30	12	W
Sat., Nov. 10	@ Northeast Lauderdale *	26	7	W

1979 Season Totals
Record	7-4
Points Scored	137
Scoring Average	12.5
Points Allowed	95
Defense Average	8.6
Opponents Record	59-55 -1
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	4-2

1979 Sam Dale Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	4-6	138	214	3-2-0	86	77	Wayne Carr
West Kemper	9-0	209	45	4-0-0	63	18	Billy Brown
Quitman	7-4	137	95	4-1-0	91	32	Willie Coats
Waynesboro	8-3	200	77	2-2-0	85	36	John Walker
Northeast Lauderdale	1-7-1	77	202	1-4-0	49	108	Julius Moore
Southeast Lauderdale	0-10	58	279	0-5-0	31	134	Dwane Taylor

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.