Palmer closes winless season with 36-0 loss at Coffeeville

Palmer’s winless season ended with another shutout, a 36-0 loss at Coffeeville that left the Dragons at 0-11 and underscored how steep the climb has been for Marks’s only high school football program.

The non-conference game was played Friday, May 15, 2026, and Coffeeville controlled it from start to finish. MaxPreps listed Palmer at 0-10 overall and 0-4 in league play on the game page, while Coffeeville entered at 2-8 overall and 1-2 in league action. By the time Palmer’s schedule page was updated May 18, the Dragons were still stuck at 0-11, with 116 points scored and 381 allowed, a margin that reflects how often the team spent entire games trying to recover from early deficits.

For Quitman County, the result carried weight beyond one night in Yalobusha County. M.S. Palmer High School is the only high school in the Quitman County School District, and the football program is one of the most visible public faces of the school. The campus at 1315 Martin Luther King Drive in Marks serves a student body that U.S. News lists as 99% minority enrollment and 100% economically disadvantaged, conditions that shape everything from roster depth to offseason preparation.

The season’s final record also fits into a much longer stretch of struggle for the program. AHSFHS.org says Palmer played its first football season in 1970, changed its name from Quitman County to Palmer in 1998, and carries an all-time record of 135-402-6. That history shows a program that has endured for decades but has rarely enjoyed sustained success, making each rebuilding cycle important for coaches, players and the school community.

Mississippi High School Activities Association records also showed Palmer at 0-10 overall and 0-4 in league play, reinforcing that this was a winless campaign in the state system. With the final score now in the books, the offseason turns to what comes next for Scott Anderson’s program: retaining players, building numbers and trying to create enough stability to change the trajectory before the next kickoff in Marks.