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Newton Football Team History

Newton Tigers

Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Bill Lindsley

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1930 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024

1962 Season Highlights

Bill Lindsley enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Newton.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Morton	12	35	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Quitman *	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 21	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 28	Kosciusko *	7	32	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Eupora *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Forest	12	26	L
Fri., Oct. 19	Louisville *	6	52	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Bay Springs	25	13	W
Fri., Nov. 2	DeKalb *	7	12	L
Fri., Nov. 9	Philadelphia *	6	7	L

1962 Season Totals
Record	2-6 -1
Points Scored	94
Scoring Average	10.4
Points Allowed	183
Defense Average	20.3
Opponents Record	49-44 -6
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	0-0

1962 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	10-1	388	81	7-0-0	274	41	Fred Morris
Noxubee County	8-2	285	65	6-1-0	214	40	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	7-3	156	163	6-2-0	96	117	Bob Posey
Kosciusko	7-3	240	106	5-3-0	197	100	Larry Thomas
DeKalb	4-5-1	93	131	3-5-0	68	118	Don Goodwin
Quitman	4-5-1	121	104	3-4-1	102	91	Tom Cotten
Eupora	2-6-1	85	187	1-4-1	45	154	James E. Nichols
Newton	2-6-1	94	183	1-4-1	45	109	Bill Lindsley
Carthage	1-8-1	65	275	1-5-1	58	189	Leland Harrison
Union	0-8	53	281	0-5-0	40	180	G.C. Kirksey

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