On August 26, students and fans packed Renasant Field as the Golden Wave defeated the Lafayette Commodores 34-0 in the first game of the season. The screams and shouts of the blue and gold faithful could be heard after each touchdown. 

“I like a high scores for offense and shut out on defense. I like those games. As a defense coach, I would rather have a low score and beat them because [your]  blood pressure probably goes up a little bit more when it’s back and forward changing scores like that,” Hardin said at Football Media Day. “But anytime there’s a W by your name at the end of the game, that’s the only ones I look forward to.” 

Hardin got what he wished for. The Wave was led by Quarterback Jemamiah Harreln who had an exceptional start to the season with 24 completed passes for a grand total of 290 yards. 4 of which were touchdowns. 

 Wide Receiver, KD Gibson, led the team in receiving for a total of 100 yards and he also scored one touchdown. 

The defense held the commodores to 4 first downs throughout the whole game

The Tupelo Varsity Football team played their first regular game of the season against Lafayette on Friday night, August 26, walking away with a win of 34-0.  You can check out more photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjA4Vjc

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