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1967 State Championship Final Summaries

  
1967 Class 2A State Championship Game
Lamar County vs. Jemison
Lamar County
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
H 20   Marion County 0 W  
H 34   Hamilton 8 W  
A 0   Winfield 3 L  
A 14   Millport 6 W  
A 34   Haleyville 14 W  
H 34   Carbon Hill 13 W  
H 42   Fayette County 27 W  
A 19   Pickens County 6 W  
H 14   Sulligent 0 W  
H 34   Noxubee County MS 7 W  
A 27   Munford 15 W  1st Rd
A 49   Jemison 7 W  Finals
  
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Jemison
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
A 40   Verbena 0 W  
A 13   Thompson 0 W  
H 0   Bibb County 0 T  
H 38   Calera 6 W  
A 40   Montevallo 7 W  
H 40   Maplesville 2 W  
H 18   Chilton County 0 W  
A 14   Prattville 12 W  
A 13   Vincent 6 W  
H 9   Pell City 0 W  
A 12   Smiths Station 6 W  1st Rd
H 7   Lamar County 49 L  Finals
  
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Game Summary
Lamar County
14 14 14 7 -- 49
Jemison
0 0 7 0 -- 7
 
 Scoring Summaries: 
Lamar County: Rickey Strawbridge to Ben Young 27 yard pass (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Lamar County: Rickey Strawbridge to Ben Young 13 yard pass (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Lamar County: Rex Lacy 21 yard run (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Lamar County: Rickey Strawbridge to Ben Young 9 yard pass (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Lamar County: James Wilson 8 yard run (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Lamar County: Glenn Butler 3 yard run (Burt Hawkins PAT)
Jemison: Mike Woodley 18 yard run (Larry Avery PAT) 1:38
Lamar County: James Wilson 8 yard run (Hawkins to Wilson pass)
 
  Lamar Jemison
First Downs 18 11
Rush/Yards 265 181
Pass/Yards 111 27
Pass att/com/int 12-5-0 5-3-1
Total Yards 376 208
Fumbles/Lost 1 2
Punt/Avg. 2-38.5 4-22.5
Penalties 86 45
Time of Poss.
    
Game MVP:
Records:  Lamar County (-); Jemison (10-1-1)
Coaches: Hugh Harrison, Lamar County and , Gene Cost, Jemison
Game: Played Friday December 1, 1967 at Clanton
 
Summary:
            Ben Young caught three touchdown passes from quarterback Ricky Strawbridge in the first half to lead Lamar County over Jemison for the first ever Class 2A state playoff championship. James Wilson would score a pair of touchdowns on runs of 8 and 10 yards and Rex Lacy and Glenn Butler added a touchdown each for the Bulldogs.
            Burt Hawkins accounted for all seven extra points for Lamar County as he kicked 6 of them and passed to Wilson for the other. Mike Woodley scored the Panther's lone touchdown on an 18 yard run in the fourth period.
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