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Pontotoc Football Team History

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Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Ralph Mitchell

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1926 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Ralph Mitchell enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. Iuka	32	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Bruce *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. Houston *	33	6	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ West Point *	13	21	L
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Starkville *	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 8	@ Oxford *	13	27	L
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. New Albany *	0	3	L
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Red Bay AL	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 29	@ Aberdeen *	14	10	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Amory *	6	34	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	171
Scoring Average	17.1
Points Allowed	129
Defense Average	12.9
Opponents Record	47-51 -5
Home Record	3-3
Away Record	2-2

1971 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
West Point	7-3-1	225	111	7-0-1	185	46	Travis Langford
Oxford	8-3	217	103	6-2-0	166	60	Bob Sanders
Amory	7-4	225	111	6-2-0	193	44	Jerry Lyons
Starkville	7-2-1	213	56	6-1-1	172	23	Jim Craig
Pontotoc	5-5	171	129	3-5-0	105	129	Ralph Mitchell
New Albany	3-6-1	110	136	3-5-0	103	118	James Sloan
Houston	3-7	83	265	2-6-0	62	217	Billy Joe Rish
Aberdeen	2-6-1	70	144	2-6-0	70	144	Thomas Pierce
Bruce	0-11	44	355	0-8-0	26	300	Dwight Robinson

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