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Mendenhall Football Team History

Mendenhall Tigers

Mendenhall High School

207 Circle Drive Mendenhall, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Wally Beach

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1926 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Wally Beach enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Mendenhall.

The Tigers won the Little Dixie Conference Championship.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	@ Pinola *	39	0	W
Fri., Sep. 7	@ Prentiss *	45	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Hazlehurst *	26	7	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Mount Olive	39	12	W
Fri., Sep. 28	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 5	Forest Hill	51	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Florence	54	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Brandon	29	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	New Hebron *	43	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Crystal Springs	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Magee *	13	6	W
Fri., Nov. 23	Crystal Springs	32	6	W	Jackson

1956 Season Totals
Record	11-0
Points Scored	397
Scoring Average	36.1
Points Allowed	37
Defense Average	3.4
Opponents Record	56-65 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	2-0

1956 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pinola	1-9	72	246	0-4-0	14	136	Bob Tageant
	North
Clinton	8-3	204	91	4-2-0	125	51	Roy Burkett
Forest Hill	4-7	42	201	4-3-0	33	93	Lawrence Matulich
Morton	7-2-1	166	78	3-1-1	93	45	Charles Callaway
Pearl	7-2-1	322	145	3-2-1	153	125	Arthur Baugh
Crystal Springs	6-4	167	155	3-0-0	88	33
Brandon	5-4-1	123	90	3-2-1	59	41	Louis Strickland
Florence	2-8	66	253	0-5-0	33	147	J.C. McGuire
Forest	1-7-2	96	147	0-5-1	50	99	Bennie Ray Nobles
	South
Mendenhall	11-0	397	37	5-0-0	166	19	Wally Beach
Hazlehurst	9-1	238	38	4-1-0	122	32	Mercer Miller
Monticello	7-3	208	100	3-1-0	54	34	Cadman Porter
Prentiss	7-4	184	182	3-3-0	80	99	Orville Foshee
Magee	3-7	99	135	1-4-0	50	91	Jack Bailey
New Hebron	3-7	140	192	1-4-0	52	127	Daniel Letteri
Mount Olive	5-5	107	153				David Lingle

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