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Pontotoc Football Team History

Pontotoc Warriors

Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Vick Metts

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1926 <-- 1935 <- 1936 -> 1937 --> 2024

1936 Season Highlights

Vick Metts enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

1936 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 25	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Corinth *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Starkville *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. Baldwyn	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Amory *	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 30	@ New Albany *	14	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Aberdeen *	41	6	W
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Tupelo *	0	40	L
Thu., Nov. 19	vs. Ripley	12	0	W
Wed., Nov. 25	vs. Water Valley	6	6	T

1936 Season Totals
Record	3-3 -3
Points Scored	79
Scoring Average	8.8
Points Allowed	91
Defense Average	10.1
Opponents Record	42-28 -5
Home Record	2-1 -3
Away Record	1-2

1936 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	10-2	256	40	7-2-0	183	40	John Read
Tupelo	8-2	145	82	6-1-0	101	50	Robert Hinze
Lee	10-1-1	312	67	5-0-0	218	19	William B. Saunders
West Point	5-5	94	100	4-1-0	57	19	Claude E. Russell
Corinth	6-3	71	44	3-2-0	34	38	Cecil Meyers
Starkville	5-3-1	110	92	2-3-1	56	86	Doss Fulton
Aberdeen	3-7	115	181	2-6-0	78	155	J.C. Henson
Pontotoc	3-3-3	79	91	2-3-1	55	79	Vick Metts
Okolona	2-7	50	199	2-5-0	50	167	Roy McDaniels
New Albany	1-6	19	85	0-5-0	13	73
Houston	0-7	6	150	0-5-0	6	130	John Stevens

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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.