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Mathiston Football Team History

Mathiston Panthers

Mathiston High School

Mathiston, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Hugh Shurden

1950 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 1985

1971 Season Highlights

Hugh Shurden enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Mathiston.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Maben *	0	19	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Lafayette	14	39	L
Fri., Sep. 17	Sturgis *	8	50	L
Fri., Sep. 24	French Camp Academy	0	31	L
Thu., Sep. 30	@ Nanih Waiya *	8	48	L
Fri., Oct. 8	Kilmichael	6	35	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Cumberland *	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Vaiden	0	29	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Vardaman *	0	14	L
Fri., Nov. 5	Durant *	0	22	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	1-9
Points Scored	61
Scoring Average	6.1
Points Allowed	287
Defense Average	28.7
Opponents Record	51-39 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-1

1971 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	East
Durant	8-1-1	222	79	5-1-0	152	34	Larry Tynes
Nanih Waiya	7-3	237	133	4-2-0	132	87	Larry Skelton
Sturgis	6-3-1	291	130	4-1-0	206	54	Johnny Fulce
Maben	5-4	212	206	3-3-0	142	154	Larry Perry
Vardaman	2-6	68	187	2-3-0	51	101	George Rooks
Mathiston	1-9	61	287	1-5-0	41	153	Hugh Shurden
Cumberland	0-8	57	247	0-6-0	43	206
	West
Noxapater	10-0	282	28	6-0-0	178	8	Buck Kennedy
Weir	8-2	218	73	4-2-0	110	53	Donald McMinn
Vaiden	6-4	143	86	4-2-0	77	51	Billy Joe Ferguson
Ethel	3-5-1	79	144	2-4-0	32	100	Dudley Williams
North Carrollton	3-4-2	108	123	2-3-1	56	79	Farris Jenkins
Kilmichael	3-5-1	112	148	2-3-1	49	84	Marvell Morgan
McAdams	0-9	62	262	0-6-0	36	163	Bo Holmes

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