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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 <-- 1963 <- 1964 -> 1965 --> 2024

1964 Season Highlights

James Nelson enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Newton.

1964 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Morton	14	32	L
Fri., Sep. 11	Quitman *	7	25	L
Fri., Sep. 18	DeKalb *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Kosciusko *	14	12	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Eupora *	21	28	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Forest	17	16	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Louisville *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Bay Springs	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 30	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 6	Philadelphia *	7	38	L
Fri., Nov. 13	Union *	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 20	South Panola	6	39	L

1964 Season Totals
Record	5-5 -1
Points Scored	175
Scoring Average	15.9
Points Allowed	197
Defense Average	17.9
Opponents Record	66-47 -8
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1964 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Philadelphia	10-1	286	57	8-0-0	241	38	Bob Posey
Quitman	8-2	197	75	6-2-0	177	62	William Boone
Eupora	7-1-3	207	100	4-1-2	122	61	Doug Sullivan
Kosciusko	5-4-1	161	134	4-4-1	135	120	Larry Thomas
Newton	5-5-1	175	197	4-3-0	131	103	James Nelson
Louisville	3-7	76	184	3-3-0	69	91	Jack Warner
Ackerman	6-2-1	194	49	2-1-1	74	32	Sam Kendricks
Noxubee County	3-6-1	81	164	2-4-0	48	79	Joe Bradshaw
Carthage	2-8	85	242	1-6-0	65	190	Leland Harrison
DeKalb	2-8	83	239	1-7-0	70	226	Gerald Poole
Union	2-8	49	217	1-5-0	19	149	H.D. Robertson

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