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Durant Football Team History


Durant Tigers
Durant High School

65 West Madison Durant, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Hugh Walker

 

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1937  <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2017
1956 Season Highlights
 Hugh Walker enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Durant.
 
1956 Season
 
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 7   Ethel   *  41   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 14   French Camp Academy   *  25   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 21   Kilmichael   *  18   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28   Vaiden   *  35   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 5   Anguilla    18   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 12   Marshall    40   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 19   McAdams   *  28   13   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26   Saint Aloysius    20   7   W       
 Fri., Nov. 2   OPEN               
 Fri., Nov. 9  @ Lexington   *               
 
1956 Season Totals
  Record8-0
  Points Scored225
  Scoring Average28.1
  Points Allowed32
  Defense Average4.0
  Opponents Record51-35 -2
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
  
1956  Big Black Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Vaiden 6-3198956-2-019275  
Durant 8-0225325-0-014719  Hugh Walker
Lexington 8-1228845-0-014538  Woodson Earle
Brooksville 6-2133985-2-011485  Bill Spigner
Sturgis 6-21801134-1-011062  Marion Kelly
Kilmichael 4-51471224-2-013376  M.B. Holmes
Ethel 4-4-11041533-4-184153  James Johnston
McAdams 4-5-11732013-4-1133180  George Cain
Weir 3-392923-2-08073  Jimmy Graves
French Camp Academy 3-51381542-5-092154  Billy Thompson
Maben 3-71182302-6-065173  Henry Morgan
Mathiston 1-8962191-6-084145  Gaines Crawford
Noxapater 0-10772690-9-077223  Leon Burton



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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.