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Amory Football Team History

Amory Panthers

Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Jerry Lyons

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1919 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Jerry Lyons enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Amory.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Tupelo	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Aberdeen *	12	3	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Bruce *	37	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Houston *	36	13	W
Fri., Oct. 9	West Point *	34	14	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Starkville *	7	34	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Oxford *	40	21	W
Fri., Oct. 30	New Albany *	19	6	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Pontotoc *	46	6	W
Fri., Nov. 13	Fulton	13	7	W

1970 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	257
Scoring Average	25.7
Points Allowed	104
Defense Average	10.4
Opponents Record	45-55
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1970 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	415	39	8-0-0	355	32	Jim Craig
Amory	9-1	257	104	7-1-0	231	97	Jerry Lyons
West Point	5-5	216	210	5-3-0	200	141	Travis Langford
Aberdeen	5-4	195	126	4-4-0	147	120	Thomas Pierce
Pontotoc	3-7	199	283	3-5-0	170	221	Ralph Mitchell
New Albany	3-7	99	207	2-6-0	67	173
Bruce	1-9	58	360	1-7-0	52	292	Dwight Robinson
Oxford	6-4	195	195				Bob Sanders
Houston	0-10	56	291	0-8-0	49	234	Billy Joe Rish

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.