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Clara Football Team History

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Clara High School

Clara, MS
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Colors: Maroon and Gold
Coach: Joe Dowling

1940 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 1988

1971 Season Highlights

Joe Dowling enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Clara.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Leakesville	8	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	New Augusta *	44	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Waynesboro	0	21	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Sand Hill *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Beat Four *	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 8	Enterprise Clarke	16	26	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Buckatunna *	38	8	W
Fri., Oct. 22	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 29	Richton	14	8	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Beaumont *	14	0	W
Fri., Nov. 19	McLain *	22	14	W

1971 Season Totals
Record	7-2 -1
Points Scored	180
Scoring Average	18.0
Points Allowed	83
Defense Average	8.3
Opponents Record	59-47 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 Singing River Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Beat Four	8-1-1	122	39	7-0-1	116	31	Otho Sellers
McLain	8-3	202	62	6-3-0	182	50	Danny Buckalew
Beaumont	6-3-1	170	72	6-2-1	164	60	Arthur Williamson
Clara	7-2-1	180	83	5-0-1	142	28	Joe Dowling
Buckatunna	5-4	159	118	4-3-0	146	84	Bill Cooley
State Line	4-4-1	125	134	3-3-1	100	108	Vernon Powe
North Forrest	3-7	93	233	3-4-0	71	125	Russell Key
Sand Hill	2-8	80	212	2-6-0	68	146	Sammy McDonald
Runnelstown	1-8	50	262	1-7-0	42	229	Carl Shepard
New Augusta	0-9	50	248	0-8-0	50	220	Jerry Lott

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