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Poplarville Football Team History

Poplarville Hornets

Poplarville High School

1301 South Main Street Poplarville, MS
Stadium: Dobie Holden Stadium
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Pat Morris

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1911 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Pat Morris enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Poplarville.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Pearl River Central	6	21	L
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Lumberton *	14	8	W
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. East Marion *	6	17	L
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Collins *	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 29	@ West Marion *	13	32	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Oak Grove *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Forrest County AHS *	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Stone	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Purvis *	0	26	L
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Hancock North Central	27	29	L

1978 Season Totals
Record	1-9
Points Scored	80
Scoring Average	8.0
Points Allowed	195
Defense Average	19.5
Opponents Record	51-51 -1
Home Record	1-4
Away Record	0-5

1978 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Purvis	8-1-1	188	49	7-1-0	150	29	Jack Craft
West Marion	8-4	221	119	5-3-0	108	91	Royce Foster
Collins	6-5	145	104	5-2-0	110	36	Jack Bailey
Forrest County AHS	6-5	146	152	4-3-0	87	91	Danny Buckalew
Lumberton	5-5	134	119	3-4-0	87	77	Vernon Ward
Oak Grove	3-7	105	172	2-5-0	56	114	Joe Gordy
East Marion	2-8	85	226	2-5-0	79	150	Leslie Peters
Poplarville	1-9	80	195	1-6-0	33	124	Pat Morris

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