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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Charles Faulkner

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1917 <-- 1966 <- 1967 -> 1968 --> 2024

1967 Season Highlights

Charles Faulkner enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Okolona.

1967 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	Pontotoc	14	13	W
Fri., Sep. 15	Fulton *	6	34	L
Fri., Sep. 22	Booneville *	0	27	L
Fri., Sep. 29	South Tippah *	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 6	Nettleton *	41	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	Baldwyn *	12	7	W
Fri., Oct. 20	Houston	7	21	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Kossuth *	59	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	Shannon *	33	0	W
Fri., Nov. 10	Calhoun City *	34	0	W

1967 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	212
Scoring Average	21.2
Points Allowed	142
Defense Average	14.2
Opponents Record	51-46 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1967 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Ripley	9-1	336	63	7-1-0	296	57	Joe Mathis
Baldwyn	8-2	279	56	6-1-0	221	31	C.L. Shelton
Fulton	8-2-1	304	153	5-2-0	195	112	Ben Jones
Booneville	7-3	262	107	5-3-0	189	107	Jim Drewry
Okolona	6-4	212	142	5-3-0	191	108	Charles Faulkner
Shannon	5-5	111	135	3-5-0	105	135	James Sloan
Calhoun City	3-6-1	149	251	2-6-0	97	226	Bobby Slick McCool
Nettleton	2-7	85	320	2-6-0	85	286	Bill Rish
Kossuth	0-10	31	421	0-8-0	24	341	Frank Edwards8/Joe Coleman

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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.