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Meridian Football Team History

Meridian Wildcats

Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Obie Brown

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1908 <-- 1942 <- 1943 -> 1944 --> 2024

1943 Season Highlights

Obie Brown enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Meridian.

The Wildcats won the Big 8 Conference Championship.

1943 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 17	Kosciusko	41	12	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ Greenwood *	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Vicksburg *	51	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Gulfport *	25	12	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Laurel *	33	12	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Central Jackson *	48	13	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Tupelo *	62	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Hattiesburg *	40	13	W
Fri., Nov. 12	vs. Newton	47	0	W
Thu., Nov. 25	Memphis Tech TN	55	7	W
Sat., Dec. 25	Boys High GA	0	13	L	Montgomery

1943 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	442
Scoring Average	40.2
Points Allowed	82
Defense Average	7.5
Opponents Record	31-50 -9
Home Record	2-0
Away Record	1-0

1943 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Meridian	10-1	442	82	7-0-0	299	50	Obie Brown
Greenville	10-0	396	50	6-0-0	276	19	Pickens Noble
Clarksdale	8-2	288	79	6-2-0	193	79	Butler Moore
Laurel	7-2-1	187	96	6-2-1	166	96	C.T. Williams
Central Jackson	6-4	233	153	3-3-0	154	113	C.M. White
Hattiesburg	6-3-1	169	85	2-3-1	63	79	T. B. Murphree
Greenwood	2-7-2	40	358	2-5-0	27	278	A.D. Dickson
Biloxi	6-2	99	44	1-1-0	13	19	Dase Davis
Gulfport	4-3-2	79	80	1-2-1	30	45	James Landrum
Lee	3-8	105	148	1-5-0	47	90	William Bruce
McComb	3-5-1	85	116	1-3-1	27	97	Charles Moore.
Brookhaven	4-1-3	82	47	0-1-2	20	40	Robert L. Therrell
Tupelo	2-6-2	84	204	0-4-0	6	153	John Smith,
Vicksburg	2-7-1	65	265	0-5-0	28	191	Gene Chadwick

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