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George County Football Team History

George County Rebels

George County High School

9284 Hwy. 63 South Lucedale, MS
Stadium: Gill-Martin Stadium
Colors: Maroon, White & Gold
Coach: Bill Martin

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1929 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Bill Martin enters his 1st season as Head Coach at George County.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	vs. Forrest County AHS *	0	12	L
Fri., Sep. 13	@ Stone	13	12	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Harrison Central	18	6	W
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Petal *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. South Jones *	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Poplarville *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Waynesboro	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Ocean Springs	13	6	W
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Northwest Jones *	7	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Northeast Jones *	27	0	W
	@ Pascagoula	8	0	W	Pascagoula

1968 Season Totals
Record	9-1 -1
Points Scored	154
Scoring Average	14.0
Points Allowed	56
Defense Average	5.1
Opponents Record	48-51 -6
Home Record	2-1 -1
Away Record	7-0

1968 DeSoto Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Petal	6-3	157	97	5-1-0	124	46	Jimmy Havard
George County	9-1-1	154	56	4-1-1	74	32	Bill Martin
South Jones	7-1-1	166	92	3-1-1	97	54	Hershel Hathorne
Forrest County AHS	4-5	84	135	3-3-0	50	54	Julius Stringfellow
Northwest Jones	5-4	111	110	2-4-0	46	89	Morris Brown
Northeast Jones	3-6-2	132	204	0-5-0	32	111	Glenn Wells
Poplarville	1-7-1	63	140	0-4-0	6	58	Henry Russell

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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.