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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 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2024

1969 Season Highlights

James Nelson enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Newton.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	Morton	6	33	L
Fri., Sep. 12	Quitman *	19	20	L
Fri., Sep. 19	DeKalb *	18	10	W
Fri., Sep. 26	Kosciusko *	26	34	L
Fri., Oct. 3	Eupora *	16	27	L
Fri., Oct. 10	Forest	6	40	L
Fri., Oct. 17	Louisville *	12	47	L
Fri., Oct. 24	Bay Springs	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 31	Philadelphia *	14	28	L
Fri., Nov. 7	Union *	0	12	L

1969 Season Totals
Record	1-9
Points Scored	117
Scoring Average	11.7
Points Allowed	264
Defense Average	26.4
Opponents Record	73-26 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1969 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	9-1	292	115	7-0-0	216	75	Matthew Turner
Philadelphia	7-3	151	111	6-2-0	124	80	Roy Terry
Eupora	9-2	286	129	5-2-0	159	83	Doug Sullivan
Kosciusko	7-2	191	97	5-1-0	135	70	James Gardner
Union	6-4	137	82	3-3-0	51	44	Torris Ryals
Noxubee County	5-5	147	145	3-3-0	97	79	Joe Bradshaw
Quitman	4-6	154	183	3-4-0	101	141	Benson Holland
DeKalb	4-5	83	142	2-4-0	44	106	Billy Brown
Ackerman	4-5	147	133	1-5-0	52	106	Parker Dykes
Newton	1-9	117	264	1-6-0	105	178	James Nelson
Carthage	1-8	31	216	0-6-0	13	135	Vonnie Breland

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