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Raleigh Football Team History

Raleigh Lions

Raleigh High School

Hwy. 35 South Raleigh, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Durwood Anderson

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1937 <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024

1996 Season Highlights

Durwood Anderson enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Raleigh.

The Lions finished 4th in District 5.

1996 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 30	vs. Bassfield	0	20	L
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Bay Springs	13	24	L
Thu., Sep. 12	@ Taylorsville	0	46	L
Fri., Sep. 20	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Newton County *	18	7	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Kemper County *	48	6	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Morton *	18	35	L
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Carthage *	41	28	W
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Heidelberg *	12	14	L
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Forest *	7	17	L
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. Southeast Lauderdale *	35	13	W

1996 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	192
Scoring Average	19.2
Points Allowed	210
Defense Average	21.0
Opponents Record	73-47
District Record	4-3
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	1-5

1996 Class 3A District 5 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Forest	9-2	255	134	0-1	15	21	7-0	148	34	Jack French
Morton	7-5	331	180	1-1	55	44	6-1	238	68
Heidelberg	4-6	120	163				4-3	114	107	Artis Mark
Raleigh	4-6	192	210				4-3	179	120	Durwood Anderson
Southeast Lauderdale	6-3	214	157				3-3	84	126	Dwane Taylor
Carthage	3-5	144	183				2-4	103	157	Pete Lucovich
Newton County	1-8	103	211				1-6	85	159	Elton Bryan
Kemper County	1-10	43	306				0-7	24	204

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