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Pontotoc Football Team History

Pontotoc Warriors

Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Vick Metts

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1926 <-- 1936 <- 1937 -> 1938 --> 2024

1937 Season Highlights

Vick Metts enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

The Warriors set a team record for margin of victory at 61 points.

1937 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Thu., Sep. 23	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Corinth *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 8	@ University	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. Houston *	61	0	W
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Amory *	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. New Albany *	55	6	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Aberdeen *	25	6	W
Fri., Nov. 12	vs. Tupelo *	12	19	L
Fri., Nov. 19	OPEN
Tue., Nov. 23	vs. Mississippi Heights Academy	19	0	W

1937 Season Totals
Record	6-2
Points Scored	200
Scoring Average	25.0
Points Allowed	50
Defense Average	6.3
Opponents Record	38-26 -10
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	2-1

1937 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Corinth	9-1	263	18	5-1-0	154	18	Cecil Meyers
Aberdeen	5-4	109	128	5-2-0	103	89	J.C. Henson
Okolona	6-3-1	159	90	4-3-1	120	71	A.H. Britt
Pontotoc	6-2	200	50	4-2-0	167	44	Vick Metts
Tupelo	6-1-3	150	49	4-0-2	104	12	Robert Hinze
Amory	5-5	178	108	4-5-0	159	108	Robert Thompson
Lee	3-5-1	99	100	3-0-1	84	19	William B. Saunders
West Point	4-5	105	66	1-4-0	32	59	Cy Parks
Starkville	1-3	24	32	1-2-0	24	26	Doss Fulton
Houston	0-4	0	221	0-4-0	0	221	F.L. Thompson
New Albany	0-6-1	20	273	0-6-0	20	273

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.