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Pearl Football Team History

Pearl Pirates

Pearl High School

500 Pirate Cove Pearl, MS
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Colors: Navy Blue & Old Gold
Coach: Doug Merchant

1949 <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024

1980 Season Highlights

Doug Merchant enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Pearl.

The Pirates finished 2nd in District Little Dixie.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	@ Hazlehurst *	20	6	W
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Morton	49	6	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Magee	10	7	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. Warren Central *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Canton	34	19	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Crystal Springs *	34	8	W
Mon., Oct. 20	@ Clinton *	6	32	L
Fri., Oct. 24	@ South Pike	14	26	L
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Florence *	10	34	L
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. Brandon *	13	20	L

1980 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	197
Scoring Average	19.7
Points Allowed	164
Defense Average	16.4
Opponents Record	54-45
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	3-2

1980 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Prentiss	5-4	153	148	3-3-0	91	98	Richard Hall
Mendenhall	9-2	270	106	6-0-0	155	44	David Abercrombie
Magee	7-3	216	134	5-1-0	169	65	John Mangum
Saint Joseph Jackson	6-4	145	137	3-3-0	85	107	Bill Raphael
Morton	3-7	137	215	3-3-0	97	88	Ed Amis
Forest	2-8	134	197	1-5-0	77	112	Jim Sizemore
Madison-Ridgeland	2-8	111	283	0-6-0	26	186	P.B. Walker
	South
Clinton	9-1	284	106	5-1-0	190	73	Jerry Lyons
Florence	7-4	257	104	4-2-0	129	55	Lee Bramlett
Warren Central	7-3	241	56	4-2-0	165	23	Lum Wright
Brandon	6-4	213	201	4-2-0	145	123	Wally Bumpas
Pearl	6-4	197	164	3-3-0	90	106	Doug Merchant
Crystal Springs	1-9	87	285	1-5-0	74	223	Lavorn Russell
Hazlehurst	0-10	62	349	0-6-0	38	228

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