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West Marion Football Team History

West Marion Trojans

West Marion High School

2 West Marion Street Foxworth, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Howard Willoughby

1961 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024

1973 Season Highlights

Howard Willoughby enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at West Marion.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	Columbia	6	23	L
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Dexter	6	14	L
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Marion County	13	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Collins *	14	21	L
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Bassfield *	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 5	vs. Seminary *	6	10	L
Fri., Oct. 12	@ Sumrall	6	27	L
Fri., Oct. 19	vs. Raleigh *	22	12	W
Fri., Oct. 26	@ Pearl River Central	9	8	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Taylorsville *	8	7	W
Fri., Nov. 9	@ Bay Springs *	12	12	T

1973 Season Totals
Record	4-6 -1
Points Scored	116
Scoring Average	10.5
Points Allowed	161
Defense Average	14.6
Opponents Record	59-43 -5
Home Record	1-4
Away Record	3-1 -1

1973 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Collins	10-0	289	88	6-0-0	156	44	Jack Bailey
Bassfield	5-5	167	100	3-3-0	94	50	Billy Ray Dill
Seminary	5-4	112	139	3-2-0	60	62	Lavon James
Bay Springs	4-4-2	94	92	3-1-1	56	36	Larry Skelton
West Marion	4-6-1	116	161	2-3-1	76	83	Howard Willoughby
Taylorsville	3-6	90	137	1-5-0	27	111	Bernie Whatley
Raleigh	1-9	59	215	1-5-0	46	129	Mike McClelland
	South
Purvis	8-2	339	145	4-1-0	163	59	Jack Craft
Marion County	4-4-1	135	112	3-2-0	101	78	George Pittman
Sumrall	6-3-1	169	140	2-3-0	60	94	Danny Hankins
Forrest County AHS	5-4-1	159	105	2-2-1	64	59	Roger Phillips
Lumberton	5-5	156	219	2-3-0	75	110	Lynn White
Oak Grove	3-6-1	179	225	1-3-1	56	119	Bob Rogers

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