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New Albany Football Team History

New Albany Bulldogs

New Albany High School

201 Hwy. 15 North New Albany, MS
Stadium: Kitchens Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Tom Cotten

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1921 <-- 1947 <- 1948 -> 1949 --> 2024

1948 Season Highlights

Tom Cotten enters his 1st season as Head Coach at New Albany.

1948 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	Starkville *	0	25	L
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Houston *	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Amory *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	University *			T
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. Pontotoc *	20	6	W
Wed., Oct. 20	Booneville	7	20	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Corinth	13	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Okolona *	18	0	W
Fri., Nov. 12	West Point *	6	7	L
Sat., Nov. 20	Grenada *	14	19	L
Playoffs
Fri., Dec. 3	Batesville	19	6	W	1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Dec. 10	Indianola	14	19	L	Semi-finals Playoffs

1948 Season Totals
Record	5-6 -1
Points Scored	124
Scoring Average	10.3
Points Allowed	109
Defense Average	9.1
Opponents Record	64-50 -6
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	1-1

1948 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Grenada	9-3	222	77	6-1-0	78	20	Archie Stubbs
West Point	8-3-1	185	117	6-2-1	151	83	Howard E. Shook
Starkville	6-3-1	159	87	5-1-0	117	26	Walter Scales
Aberdeen	5-4-1	157	65	4-3-1	97	52	James Wade
Houston	5-4-1	156	138	4-3-0	86	93	Willie Foster
New Albany	5-6-1	124	109	3-4-1	71	64	Tom Cotten
Pontotoc	5-5	129	118	2-4-0	52	86	Mitch Grisson
Amory	3-8	98	156	2-5-0	58	102	James Baughn
University	3-3-1	73	32	1-3-1	20	20
Okolona	0-11	38	337	0-7-0	26	210	Joe Dollar

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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.