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Lamar Football Team History

Lamar Raiders

Lamar

544 Lindley Road Meridian, MS
Stadium: Grey Cobb Field
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Phillip Busbee

1971 <-- 1971 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Phillip Busbee enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Lamar.

This was the first season Lamar fielded a team.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Leake Academy	0	34	L
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Starkville Academy *	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 17	Heidelberg Academy	15	28	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Clarke Academy	15	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Kemper Academy *	0	20	L
Fri., Oct. 8	Whynot Academy *
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Winston Academy	28	42	L
Fri., Oct. 22
Fri., Oct. 29	Patrician Academy AL	0	33	L
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Jeff Davis *

1971 Season Totals
Record	1-6
Points Scored	58
Scoring Average	8.3
Points Allowed	183
Defense Average	26.1
Opponents Record	51-40 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-2

1971 Northeast Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville Academy	6-5	272	163	4-2-0	141	64	A.D. Owens
Leake Academy	9-1	300	27	4-0-0	128	6	Larry Therrell
Kemper Academy	4-5	105	157	3-2-0	80	74	Pete McCleskey
Heritage Academy	3-1	61	28	2-0-0	41	6	Billy Brewer
Whynot Academy	2-7-1	25	175	1-4-0	6	102	Buddy Temple
Jeff Davis	1-6	48	255	1-3-0	30	127	Robert Frazier
Lamar	1-6	58	183	0-2-0	0	46	Phillip Busbee

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

In 1969 the two point conversion was adopted for play following a touchdown. Until that time all conversions were worth one point.