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Shannon Football Team History

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Shannon High School

218 Cherry Street Shannon, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Thomas Suggs

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1928 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2024

1969 Season Highlights

Thomas Suggs enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Shannon.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	New Hope	27	21	W
Fri., Sep. 12	Calhoun City *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 19	Nettleton *
Fri., Sep. 26	Fulton *	0	31	L
Fri., Oct. 3	Booneville *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 10	Ripley *	22	7	W
Fri., Oct. 17	Saltillo *	6	8	L
Fri., Oct. 24	Baldwyn *	14	8	W
Fri., Oct. 31	Okolona *	0	22	L
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. Kossuth *	34	14	W

1969 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	103
Scoring Average	11.4
Points Allowed	123
Defense Average	13.7
Opponents Record	50-47 -3
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1969 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	10-1	342	45	8-1-0	304	38	Ben Jones
Okolona	10-1	317	81	8-1-0	249	73	Charles Faulkner
Booneville	7-3	191	124	6-3-0	161	116	Jim Drewry
Saltillo	7-3	234	157	5-3-0	140	124	Mitch Grissom
Calhoun City	6-5	182	200	5-4-0	150	170	Billy Cook
Shannon	4-5	103	123	3-5-0	76	102	Thomas Suggs
Kossuth	4-7	134	274	2-7-0	76	262	Tommy Lucas
Baldwyn	2-6-1	108	183	2-5-1	108	163	C.L. Shelton
Nettleton	2-7	133	240	2-6-0	127	211	Don Whitlock
Ripley	1-8-1	95	244	1-7-1	80	212	Joe Mathis

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