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Bruce Football Team History

Bruce Trojans

Bruce High School

430 East Countiss Street Bruce, MS
Stadium: Trojan Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: David Oakes

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1940 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

David Oakes enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Bruce.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Pontotoc *	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Aberdeen *	15	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Amory *	0	24	L
Fri., Oct. 4	Nettleton	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Houston *	7	33	L
Fri., Oct. 18	West Point *	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 25	Starkville *	6	27	L
Fri., Nov. 1	University *	0	7	L
Fri., Nov. 8	New Albany *	6	33	L
Fri., Nov. 15	Calhoun City	20	14	W

1963 Season Totals
Record	3-7
Points Scored	74
Scoring Average	7.4
Points Allowed	179
Defense Average	17.9
Opponents Record	54-47 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1963 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Albany	10-0	305	58	8-0-0	281	45	William Ward
West Point	10-1	241	26	7-1-0	202	26
Starkville	6-4	167	112	6-2-0	160	65	Jack Nix
Houston	6-4-1	214	136	5-3-0	169	94	Dewey Partridge
Pontotoc	5-5	125	192	4-5-0	113	192	Bradley Sanders
University	4-6	92	178	3-5-0	73	140	Bill Calhoun
Amory	2-8	62	261	2-6-0	56	195	Doug Brown
Bruce	3-7	74	179	1-7-0	34	165	David Oakes
Aberdeen	0-10	48	325	0-8-0	48	254	John Holliday

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

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.