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Purvis Football Team History

Purvis Tornadoes

Purvis Attendance Center

220 School Street Purvis, MS
Stadium: Cowart Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Jack Craft

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1922 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Jack Craft enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Purvis.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Petal	0	8	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Oak Grove *	58	8	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Forrest County AHS	16	15	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Lumberton *	30	6	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Sumrall *	42	22	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Collins *	20	39	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Poplarville	38	0	W
Fri., Oct. 22	West Marion *	60	6	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Seminary *	16	12	W
Fri., Nov. 5	Bassfield *	68	36	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Collins	0	18	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	348
Scoring Average	31.6
Points Allowed	170
Defense Average	15.5
Opponents Record	64-46 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Collins	10-1	329	83	7-0-0	250	52	Jack Bailey
Purvis	8-3	348	170	6-1-0	294	129	Jack Craft
Bassfield	6-3	193	169	5-2-0	163	141	Malcolm Courtney
Sumrall	7-3	180	151	4-3-0	114	123	Robert Jordan
Lumberton	4-5-1	143	131	3-4-0	91	112	Lynn White
Seminary	5-7	163	158	1-5-0	57	89	Lavon James
Oak Grove	3-6-1	156	235	1-5-0	97	201	Roger Elliot
West Marion	2-8	108	297	0-7-0	36	255	Howard Willoughby

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