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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: Gerald Hegan

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1930 <-- 1971 <- 1972 -> 1973 --> 2024

1972 Season Highlights

Gerald Hegan enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Newton.

1972 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	Morton	20	13	W
Fri., Sep. 15	Winona *	6	34	L
Sat., Sep. 23	Decatur *	6	17	L
Fri., Sep. 29	Kosciusko *	0	32	L
Fri., Oct. 6	Eupora *	8	32	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Forest	6	48	L
Fri., Oct. 20	Louisville *	6	66	L
Fri., Oct. 27	Bay Springs	8	28	L
Fri., Nov. 3	Philadelphia *	14	58	L
Fri., Nov. 10	Union *	26	18	W

1972 Season Totals
Record	2-8
Points Scored	100
Scoring Average	10.0
Points Allowed	346
Defense Average	34.6
Opponents Record	54-48 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1972 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Eupora	8-3	198	77	6-2-0	133	64	Reuban Walker
Kosciusko	10-0	268	59	5-0-0	139	19	Art Nester
Ackerman	7-3	223	109	5-2-0	162	64	Ronnie Ware
Decatur	6-5	158	180	5-1-0	138	88	Harlon Stewart
Philadelphia	5-5	213	240	5-3-0	193	181	Roy Terry
Louisville	8-2	333	60	3-1-0	187	19	A.J. Kilpatrick
Winona	4-6	194	219	3-3-0	136	134	Wally Bumpas
West Kemper	3-3-1	65	76	2-2-0	47	56	Billy Brown
Newton	2-8	100	346	1-6-0	66	257	Gerald Hegan
Union	2-8	108	196	1-6-0	74	144	Percy Miller
Noxubee County	1-6	74	225	0-4-0	24	145	Vernon Johnson
Carthage	0-9-1	107	266	0-6-0	49	177	Bobby Goolsby

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