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Clarksdale Football Team History

Clarksdale Wildcats

Clarksdale High School

1101 Wildcat Drive Clarksdale, MS
Stadium: Crumpton Field
Colors: Scarlet & Royal
Coach: H.C. Jenkins

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1912 <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 2024

1940 Season Highlights

H.C. Jenkins enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Clarksdale.

1940 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Kosciusko	13	6	W
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Tupelo *	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Central Jackson *	19	7	W
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Charleston	34	6	W
Fri., Oct. 18	@ Greenville *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Lee *	32	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Vicksburg *	19	14	W
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. Greenwood *	13	6	W
Fri., Nov. 15	@ Central Memphis TN	20	7	W
Thu., Nov. 21	@ Meridian *	6	32	L
Thu., Nov. 28	vs. Sulligent AL	38	7	W

1940 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	239
Scoring Average	21.7
Points Allowed	92
Defense Average	8.4
Opponents Record	70-41 -2
Home Record	6-0
Away Record	4-1

1940 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
McComb	11-1	286	39	7-1-0	163	25	Charles Moore.
Meridian	10-0-1	372	50	7-0-1	210	50	Jim Baxter
Clarksdale	10-1	239	92	6-1-0	134	66	H.C. Jenkins
Laurel	7-3-1	265	57	5-2-1	161	29	G.B. Landrum
Greenville	8-3	257	64	4-3-0	123	57	George Terry
Central Jackson	7-2	197	52	4-2-0	84	45	Scrap Crawley
Greenwood	7-4	185	111	4-3-0	107	78	Gene Chadwick
Hattiesburg	5-5	81	137	2-4-0	27	131	Pinky Rohm
Tupelo	5-7	127	166	2-6-0	80	153	Engle May
Brookhaven	7-3-1	128	125	1-2-0	19	74	Robert L. Therrell
Vicksburg	5-6	202	142	1-6-0	73	142	Al Clemens
Biloxi	2-8-1	56	208	1-3-0	44	107	A.D. Buck Brown
Gulfport	4-7	101	135	0-5-0	0	88	Nick Duncan
Lee	1-11	31	391	0-6-0	19	199	William B. Saunders

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

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.