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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: Preston Beatty

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1930 <-- 1946 <- 1947 -> 1948 --> 2024

1947 Season Highlights

Preston Beatty enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Newton.

1947 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 12	Pachuta	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Quitman *	14	6	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. Union *	34	7	W
Fri., Oct. 3	Morton *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Brandon	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 17	vs. Louisville *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 24	Philadelphia *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 31	@ Canton *
Fri., Nov. 7	@ Forest	33	6	W
Fri., Nov. 14
Thu., Dec. 4	Magee	14	6	W

1947 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	143
Scoring Average	15.9
Points Allowed	45
Defense Average	5.0
Opponents Record	44-43 -7
Home Record	2-1
Away Record	2-0

1947 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Ackerman	11-0	354	52	6-0-0	187	26	Dale Davidson
Louisville	4-5-1	147	102	4-1-1	109	28	James Brown
Newton	7-2	143	45	3-2-0	62	33	Preston Beatty
Canton	6-2-1	127	53	3-0-1	48	14	G.B. Edgar
Kosciusko	4-4	90	109	3-2-0	72	81
Morton	4-1-1	93	35	2-0-0	47	7
Macon	4-3	130	130	2-1-0	76	67
Crystal Springs	3-5	33	92	1-1-0	7	7	Boyce Jones
Carthage	2-6	65	135	1-4-0	38	103
Philadelphia	1-6	71	136	1-5-0	58	109
Quitman	3-5	51	126	0-3-0	13	64
Eupora	2-6	65	101	0-2-0	0	55	Mike Mahalic
Union	2-8	73	177	0-3-0	28	91	Ralph Brown
Winona	2-5-1	88	124	0-2-0	0	60

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