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Newton Football Team History


Newton Tigers
Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: James Nelson

 

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1930  <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2024
1966 Season Highlights
 James Nelson enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Newton.
 
1966 Season
 
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 2   Morton    39   12   W       
 Fri., Sep. 9   Quitman   *  13   13   T       
 Fri., Sep. 16   DeKalb   *  32   12   W       
 Fri., Sep. 23   Kosciusko   *  18   13   W       
 Mon., Oct. 3  @ Eupora   *  39   24   W       
 Fri., Oct. 7   Forest    13   20   L       
 Fri., Oct. 14   Louisville   *  7   13   L       
 Fri., Oct. 21   Bay Springs    34   19   W       
 Fri., Oct. 28   OPEN               
 Fri., Nov. 4   Philadelphia   *  0   13   L       
 Fri., Nov. 11   Union   *  34   0   W       
 
1966 Season Totals
  Record6-3 -1
  Points Scored229
  Scoring Average22.9
  Points Allowed139
  Defense Average13.9
  Opponents Record40-67 -4
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record1-0
  
1966  Choctaw Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Ackerman 9-1-12791477-0-118589  Jim Brown
Louisville 8-1-1154596-0-111528  Charles Peets
Newton 6-3-12291394-2-114388  James Nelson
Quitman 6-2-1167844-2-113372  William Boone
Noxubee County 5-41121594-2-07768  Joe Bradshaw
Union 5-5-11991703-3-0100114  Bill Darnell
Kosciusko 4-61531673-5-0127140  Roy Terry
Carthage 5-51751792-5-0110161  Dick Canoy
Philadelphia 4-61511462-6-0111138  Bob Posey
DeKalb 3-71152501-6-088224  Gerald Poole
Eupora 2-81542321-6-0133200  Doug Sullivan



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Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.