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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Joe Dollar

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1917 <-- 1947 <- 1948 -> 1949 --> 2024

1948 Season Highlights

Joe Dollar enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Okolona.

The Chieftains set a team record for losses in a season with 11.

1948 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. Sardis	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 24	@ Macon	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Aberdeen *	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. West Point *	13	33	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Houston *	6	46	L
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Shannon	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Amory *	7	18	L
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. New Albany *	0	18	L
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Starkville *	0	41	L
Fri., Nov. 19	@ Pontotoc *	0	27	L
Fri., Nov. 26	@ University	6	46	L

1948 Season Totals
Record	0-11
Points Scored	38
Scoring Average	3.5
Points Allowed	337
Defense Average	30.6
Opponents Record	49-40 -6
Home Record	0-5
Away Record	0-6

1948 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Grenada	9-3	222	77	6-1-0	78	20	Archie Stubbs
West Point	8-3-1	185	117	6-2-1	151	83	Howard E. Shook
Starkville	6-3-1	159	87	5-1-0	117	26	Walter Scales
Aberdeen	5-4-1	157	65	4-3-1	97	52	James Wade
Houston	5-4-1	156	138	4-3-0	86	93	Willie Foster
New Albany	5-6-1	124	109	3-4-1	71	64	Tom Cotten
Pontotoc	5-5	129	118	2-4-0	52	86	Mitch Grisson
Amory	3-8	98	156	2-5-0	58	102	James Baughn
University	3-3-1	73	32	1-3-1	20	20
Okolona	0-11	38	337	0-7-0	26	210	Joe Dollar

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