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New Hope Football Team History

New Hope Trojans

New Hope High School

3419 New Hope Road Columbus, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Andy Stevens

1950 <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024

1996 Season Highlights

Andy Stevens enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at New Hope.

The Trojans finished 5th in District 2.

1996 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 30	vs. Oxford	0	17	L
Fri., Sep. 6	vs. Caledonia	45	0	W
Fri., Sep. 13	@ Columbus	42	7	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Northeast Lauderdale	31	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Louisville *	21	20	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Houston *	14	12	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Noxubee County *	0	6	L (3OT)
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Neshoba Central *	7	14	L
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Kosciusko *	7	28	L
Fri., Nov. 1	@ West Point *	0	17	L
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. Aberdeen *	21	18	W

1996 Season Totals
Record	6-5
Points Scored	188
Scoring Average	17.1
Points Allowed	146
Defense Average	13.3
Opponents Record	51-75 -1
District Record	3-4
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	2-3

1996 Class 4A District 2 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kosciusko	13-2	420	208	3-1	64	58	8-0	235	96	Rodney Jones
Louisville	8-6	395	291	2-1	90	49	5-3	249	159	Tony Stanford
Neshoba Central	6-4	257	279				5-2	205	188	Jim Rhodes
West Point	5-6	182	200				4-3	148	99	Lynn Moore
New Hope	6-5	188	146				3-4	70	115	Andy Stevens
Houston	2-8-1	234	436				2-5	164	272	Russell Funk
Noxubee County	4-7	134	213				1-6	72	139	M.C. Miller
Aberdeen	3-8	196	285				1-6	128	203	Royce Stevens

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