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Leland Football Team History

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Leland High School

404 East Third Street Leland, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Ben Ruscoe

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1925 <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024

1965 Season Highlights

Ben Ruscoe enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Leland.

1965 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	@ Winona *	18	35	L
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Indianola	13	31	L
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. Cleveland *	7	14	L
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. East Tallahatchie *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Rolling Fork *	14	20	L
Fri., Oct. 8	@ Leflore County *	13	6	W
Fri., Oct. 15	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. West Tallahatchie *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 29	@ Drew *	20	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Belzoni *	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Grenada *	7	24	L

1965 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	129
Scoring Average	12.9
Points Allowed	136
Defense Average	13.6
Opponents Record	51-51 -8
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-4

1965 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Indianola	8-2-1	193	88	8-2-0	181	76	Bobby Stacy
Rolling Fork	9-1	186	47	7-0-0	158	27	Charlie Peets
West Tallahatchie	8-0-1	169	57	7-0-1	162	57	J.E. Logan
South Panola	6-4	210	146	5-3-0	170	120	Henry Rath
Grenada	5-6	130	148	5-5-0	124	134	Mike Brabham
Winona	5-3-2	142	106	4-2-2	120	93	Wally Bumpas
Leland	4-6	129	136	4-5-0	116	105	Ben Ruscoe
East Tallahatchie	4-4-1	91	125	3-3-1	71	85	Harvey Foster
Cleveland	3-6-1	113	204	3-5-1	106	165	Pete Wilson
Leflore County	3-6-1	104	112	2-5-1	79	99	Jerry C. Taylor
Belzoni	2-8	71	213	2-7-0	71	193	H.T. Godfrey
Drew	1-9	61	173	1-8-0	55	154	Cecil Holmes

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