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Amory Football Team History

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Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Earl Hutson

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1919 <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 2024

1940 Season Highlights

Earl Hutson enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Amory.

1940 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 20	Holly Springs	65	12	W
	Itawamba AHS	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	New Albany *	48	0	W
	Starkville *	7	36	L
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Pontotoc *	19	0	W
	West Point *	38	0	W
	Cleveland	13	0	W
	Okolona *	28	0	W
Fri., Nov. 15	@ Corinth *	26	6	W
	University *	7	8	L
	Aberdeen *	20	0	W

1940 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	311
Scoring Average	28.3
Points Allowed	62
Defense Average	5.6
Opponents Record	41-38 -7
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	1-0

1940 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	11-0-1	324	21	6-0-1	171	14	Doss Fulton
Amory	9-2	311	62	6-2-0	193	50	Earl Hutson
Houston	6-3	130	49	3-2-0	62	19	F.L. Thompson
Pontotoc	5-3-2	133	84	3-2-1	72	52	Vick Metts
Corinth	4-4-2	98	74	3-2-2	85	39	Monette Butler
Aberdeen	4-6	32	114	2-5-0	18	102	James Wade
West Point	3-6	35	130	2-3-0	12	57	Homer Catledge
Okolona	1-6	16	107	1-5-0	16	88
University	1-1-2	22	41	1-1-2	22	41
New Albany	0-6	7	175	0-6-0	7	175

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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.