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1976 · RECORD ENTRY 11

Greenbrier vs. Livingston Academy

Greenbrier 35, Livingston Academy 6

RESULT
W

35–6

Season record9–2
Record after game9–2
DateDate open
SiteLafayette
Head coachJerry Pearson
Available game record

The result and its place

The combined Greenbrier record lists the 35–6 win against Livingston Academy, entry 11 of 11 in 1976. The result moved the Bobcats to 9–2; the margin was 29 points.

Season arc

The Industrial Bowl win completed a 9–2 season and a 35–6 championship night at Lafayette.

Source check

The school score list, statewide bowl record and contemporary account identify the Industrial Bowl. Jerry Pearson’s later Hall profile calls it the Mid-State Bowl. The 35–6 final and Lafayette site agree.

Still open: Any date, site, lineup, scoring play, attendance figure or venue name not explicitly recovered above remains unknown. “Site open” is not a stadium identification.

Open the contemporary game clipping · 1976 season and source comparison.

Contemporary detail

A goal-line stand set the championship tone

The surviving account says Livingston intercepted Greenbrier’s first play, but the Bobcat defense answered with a goal-line stand. Tony Reasoner directed the offense and was voted the game’s outstanding defensive player; Dennis Lee supplied key catches, and Dwayne Bagwell’s third-quarter interception preceded another Greenbrier score. The 35–6 win completed a 9–2 season.

Newspaper account of Greenbrier's 1976 Industrial Bowl defense
The surviving page behind this account. Open it for the complete clipping.
The wider matchup

Livingston Academy from 1976 through 1982

From 1976 through 1982, this opponent appears 1 time in 1976. Greenbrier went 1–0, scoring 35 and allowing 6.

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