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Yazoo City Football Team History

Yazoo City Indians

Yazoo City High School

1825 Martin Luther King Drive Yazoo City, MS
Stadium: Crump Athletic Field
Colors: Red & Black
Coach: Bennie Tillman

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1905 <-- 1997 <- 1998 -> 1999 --> 2024

1998 Season Highlights

Bennie Tillman enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Yazoo City.

The Indians finished 4th in District 3.

The Indians set a team record for margin in a defeat by allowing 63 points.

1998 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 28	vs. Neshoba Central	0	29	L
Fri., Sep. 4	@ Starkville	6	41	L
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Louisville	7	57	L
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. Vicksburg	12	30	L
Fri., Sep. 25	@ Canton	15	12	W
Sat., Oct. 3	vs. Kosciusko	6	25	L
Fri., Oct. 9	@ East Side *	14	12	W
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. Cleveland *	18	30	L
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Weston *	33	37	L
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. Humphreys County *	33	20	W
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Clarksdale *	0	63	L

1998 Season Totals
Record	3-8
Points Scored	144
Scoring Average	13.1
Points Allowed	356
Defense Average	32.4
Opponents Record	76-55 -1
District Record	2-3
Home Record	1-5
Away Record	2-3

1998 Class 4A District 3 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Clarksdale	13-1	552	102	4-0	124	33	5-0	260	14	Jesse Murphree
Weston	10-3	348	327	1-1	60	71	4-1	126	142	Jackie Bruce
Cleveland	8-3	292	183				3-2	110	97	Mickey Sellers
Yazoo City	3-8	144	356				2-3	98	162	Bennie Tillman
East Side	2-9	193	377				1-4	86	152	Willie Totten
Humphreys County	0-10-1	104	301				0-5	60	173	Wendell Reed

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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.