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Tupelo Football Team History

Tupelo Golden Wave

Tupelo High School

4125 Cliff Gookin Blvd. Tupelo, MS
Stadium: Renasant Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Jim Ingram

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1919 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024

1959 Season Highlights

Jim Ingram enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Tupelo.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Helena AR	20	6	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Treadwell TN	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Central Jackson *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 2	Meridian *	7	14	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Clarksdale *	19	14	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Greenwood *	0	39	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Murrah *	12	18	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Greenville *	3	0	W
Fri., Nov. 13	Corinth *	39	0	W
Fri., Nov. 20	Lee *	27	6	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	146
Scoring Average	14.6
Points Allowed	110
Defense Average	11.0
Opponents Record	32-42 -7
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1959 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenwood	8-1	210	39	7-1-0	184	39	Bobby Wilson
Meridian	9-0-2	198	51	5-0-1	126	13	Dave Owens
Vicksburg	7-2-1	143	47	5-1-1	105	28	Gene Allen
Greenville	6-3-1	125	86	5-3-0	98	80	Eddie Crawford
Tupelo	6-4	146	110	4-4-0	107	104	Jim Ingram
Yazoo City	8-2-1	184	76	3-1-1	59	34	Eulas Jenkins
Central Jackson	3-7	86	149	3-4-0	72	75	Curtis Allen
Murrah	3-5-2	133	92	3-4-2	127	78	James E. Merritt
Clarksdale	2-7-1	91	136	2-6-1	91	124	Jack Stribling
Lee	1-10	69	304	1-8-0	69	251	Hal Easterwood
Corinth	0-9-1	25	310	0-6-0	19	231	Leo Jones

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