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Forest Football Team History

Forest Bearcats

Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: Bennie Ray Nobles

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1926 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Bennie Ray Nobles enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Forest.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Brandon *	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 14	Decatur	6	6	T
Fri., Sep. 21	Pearl *	19	20	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Crystal Springs *	13	20	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Carthage	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Newton	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 19	Clinton *	6	25	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Forest Hill *	6	7	L
Fri., Nov. 2	Magee	13	14	L
Fri., Nov. 16	Morton *	6	27	L

1956 Season Totals
Record	1-7 -2
Points Scored	96
Scoring Average	9.6
Points Allowed	147
Defense Average	14.7
Opponents Record	48-49 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pinola	1-9	72	246	0-4-0	14	136	Bob Tageant
	North
Clinton	8-3	204	91	4-2-0	125	51	Roy Burkett
Forest Hill	4-7	42	201	4-3-0	33	93	Lawrence Matulich
Morton	7-2-1	166	78	3-1-1	93	45	Charles Callaway
Pearl	7-2-1	322	145	3-2-1	153	125	Arthur Baugh
Crystal Springs	6-4	167	155	3-0-0	88	33
Brandon	5-4-1	123	90	3-2-1	59	41	Louis Strickland
Florence	2-8	66	253	0-5-0	33	147	J.C. McGuire
Forest	1-7-2	96	147	0-5-1	50	99	Bennie Ray Nobles
	South
Mendenhall	11-0	397	37	5-0-0	166	19	Wally Beach
Hazlehurst	9-1	238	38	4-1-0	122	32	Mercer Miller
Monticello	7-3	208	100	3-1-0	54	34	Cadman Porter
Prentiss	7-4	184	182	3-3-0	80	99	Orville Foshee
Magee	3-7	99	135	1-4-0	50	91	Jack Bailey
New Hebron	3-7	140	192	1-4-0	52	127	Daniel Letteri
Mount Olive	5-5	107	153				David Lingle

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