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Newton Football Team History

Newton Tigers

Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: James Nelson

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1930 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

James Nelson enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Newton.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Morton	0	21	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Quitman *	6	20	L
Fri., Sep. 20	DeKalb *	13	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Kosciusko *	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 4	Eupora *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Forest	0	22	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Louisville *	27	18	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Bay Springs	41	7	W
Fri., Nov. 1	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 8	Philadelphia *	13	0	W
Fri., Nov. 15	Union *	47	13	W
Fri., Nov. 22	Noxubee County *	15	12	W	Louisville

1963 Season Totals
Record	7-3 -1
Points Scored	202
Scoring Average	18.4
Points Allowed	133
Defense Average	12.1
Opponents Record	66-50 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1963 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Noxubee County	10-1	328	47	7-1-0	213	34	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	8-2	267	85	6-2-0	184	78	Bob Posey
Newton	7-3-1	202	133	6-1-1	161	83	James Nelson
Quitman	6-4	200	84	6-2-0	180	60	William Boone
Kosciusko	4-4-2	216	161	3-4-1	149	129	Larry Thomas
Louisville	4-6	200	173	2-4-0	125	106	Fred Morris
Eupora	3-6	108	224	2-4-0	75	166	Doug Sullivan
Carthage	2-8	66	290	2-5-0	52	206	Leland Harrison
DeKalb	2-6-1	89	140	1-6-0	58	134	Gerald Poole
Union	1-9	55	331	0-6-0	36	237	H.D. Robertson

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