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1975
In 1975 the Green Wave returned six offensive and seven defensive starters, including All Little Ten quarterback Timbo Baird, but Coach Langford was faced with replacing the Little Ten’s most valuable player, Paul Daniels, and Cal Johnson, all-conference fullback and linebacker. All in all, however, preseason hopes were high. In spite of their talent, the Greenies lost the first two contests to Louisville and Oxford, playing well for two quarters but failing to maintain momentum after the half. Sportswriter Danny Davis wrote of Game 3 against New Albany, “…Friday night the Green Wave came to play the whole game, and picked up 21 points in the second half.” He called James Otis Doss’s 67-yard scamper “one of the best runs from scrimmage that we have ever seen.” A Green Wave player credited the complete game to Coach Langford’s telling “us what we better do in the third quarter. And he sounded like he meant it.” The Wave (4-4-1) went into the final game against Starkville (8 -1) a decided underdog and “scrapped the heavily-favored Starkville Yellowjackets to a 7-7 tie.” Davis went on to say that “the Wave didn’t play like they were second-runners to anybody. Instead they played like we thought they were capable of playing all year long.”
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Travis Langford
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Dianne Ivy, Sheila Harvey, Lee Anna Assistant Coaches: Bubba Gibson, Robin Young, Liz Davis, Kenny Hudson Harmon, Donna Managers Griffin, Kay Charles Quinn, David Griffin Estes, John Stewart
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Record Overall—4-4-2 Game Scores Louisville 13-0 (L) Oxford 13-7 (L) New Albany 30-7 (W) Pontotoc 14-14 (T) Aberdeen 19-14 (L) Amory 21-7 (W) Corinth 6-0 (W) Caldwell 7-6 (L) Lee 14-0 (W) Starkville 7-7 (T)