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South Panola Football Team History

South Panola Tigers

South Panola High School

601 Tiger Drive Batesville, MS
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Colors: Blue & Red
Coach: Darrel Arnold

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1931 <-- 1975 <- 1976 -> 1977 --> 2024

1976 Season Highlights

Darrel Arnold enters his 7th season as Head Coach at South Panola.

1976 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	@ Oxford	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Hernando *	34	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. North Panola *	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ Lafayette	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Horn Lake *	40	8	W
Fri., Oct. 8	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. Holly Springs *			W
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Grenada	6	20	L
Fri., Oct. 29	@ Southaven *	25	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Olive Branch *	18	15	W

1976 Season Totals
Record	8-1
Points Scored	188
Scoring Average	20.9
Points Allowed	43
Defense Average	4.8
Opponents Record	35-54 -6
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	5-0

1976 Chickasaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
South Panola	8-1	188	43	6-0-0	130	23	Darrel Arnold
Olive Branch	7-3-1	240	113	4-1-1	130	51	Leslie Pool
Holly Springs	3-2	79	80	2-2-0	60	66
Southaven	2-4-1	67	116	2-1-1	19	35
Horn Lake	2-8	58	203	1-5-0	46	103	Thomas Malone
North Panola	2-4	76	118	1-3-0	46	85
Hernando	0-7	38	186	0-4-0	19	87

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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.