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Petal Football Team History

Petal Panthers

Petal High School

1145 Hwy. 42 East Petal, MS
Stadium: Panther Stadium
Colors: Red & White
Coach: Jimmy Havard

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1935 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2024

1969 Season Highlights

Jimmy Havard enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Petal.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	Purvis	22	30	L
Fri., Sep. 12	West Jones *	35	16	W
Fri., Sep. 19	Poplarville *	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 26	George County *	0	16	L
Fri., Oct. 3	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 10	Forrest County AHS *	42	8	W
Fri., Oct. 17	Stone *	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 24	Northeast Jones *	22	20	W
Fri., Oct. 31	South Jones *	26	16	W
Fri., Nov. 7	Hattiesburg	15	21	L

1969 Season Totals
Record	5-3 -1
Points Scored	196
Scoring Average	21.8
Points Allowed	127
Defense Average	14.1
Opponents Record	52-42 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1969 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
George County	9-0	202	32	7-0-0	178	24	Bill Martin
Petal	5-3-1	196	127	5-1-1	159	76	Jimmy Havard
Poplarville	6-2-1	140	70	3-1-1	81	42	Alvin Doyle
Northeast Jones	5-5-1	132	168	3-2-1	70	69	Glenn Wells
South Jones	3-7	124	147	2-4-0	86	76	Hershel Hathorne
Forrest County AHS	2-8	98	183	2-5-0	78	127	Julius Stringfellow
West Jones	2-6-1	84	170	1-5-1	64	148	Rex Todd
Stone	1-9	46	245	1-6-0	24	172	Roger Phillips

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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.