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Sumrall Football Team History

Sumrall Bobcats

Sumrall High School

198 Center Avenue Sumrall, MS
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Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Danny Hankins

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1934 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2023

1973 Season Highlights

Danny Hankins enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Sumrall.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	@ Franklin County	20	20	T
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Bassfield	16	14	W
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Marion County *	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Richton	22	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Purvis *	0	30	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. West Marion	27	6	W
Fri., Oct. 19	vs. Seminary	24	6	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Oak Grove *	30	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Lumberton *	30	29	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Forrest County AHS *	0	22	L

1973 Season Totals
Record	6-3 -1
Points Scored	169
Scoring Average	16.9
Points Allowed	140
Defense Average	14.0
Opponents Record	44-50 -5
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	2-2 -1

1973 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Collins	10-0	289	88	6-0-0	156	44	Jack Bailey
Bassfield	5-5	167	100	3-3-0	94	50	Billy Ray Dill
Seminary	5-4	112	139	3-2-0	60	62	Lavon James
Bay Springs	4-4-2	94	92	3-1-1	56	36	Larry Skelton
West Marion	4-6-1	116	161	2-3-1	76	83	Howard Willoughby
Taylorsville	3-6	90	137	1-5-0	27	111	Bernie Whatley
Raleigh	1-9	59	215	1-5-0	46	129	Mike McClelland
	South
Purvis	8-2	339	145	4-1-0	163	59	Jack Craft
Marion County	4-4-1	135	112	3-2-0	101	78	George Pittman
Sumrall	6-3-1	169	140	2-3-0	60	94	Danny Hankins
Forrest County AHS	5-4-1	159	105	2-2-1	64	59	Roger Phillips
Lumberton	5-5	156	219	2-3-0	75	110	Lynn White
Oak Grove	3-6-1	179	225	1-3-1	56	119	Bob Rogers

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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.