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Waynesboro Football Team History

Waynesboro Panthers

Central High School

Waynesboro, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: John Walker

1926 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 1988

1979 Season Highlights

John Walker enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Waynesboro.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	vs. Washington County AL	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 7	@ Enterprise Clarke *	16	19	L
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Harrison Central	18	34	L
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Waterloo AL	8	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Northeast Lauderdale *	34	7	W
Fri., Oct. 5	vs. Clara	33	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	@ Quitman *	0	3	L
Fri., Oct. 19	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 26	@ Southeast Lauderdale *	35	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. Northeast Jones	21	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	@ Heidelberg	17	0	W
Fri., Nov. 16	@ Citronelle AL	12	7	W	Citronelle

1979 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	200
Scoring Average	18.2
Points Allowed	77
Defense Average	7.0
Opponents Record	46-70 -1
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	3-3

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

Murphy and Theodore battled through seven overtimes before the Panthers came out on top 33-26 in 1979.