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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: Jim Duncan

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1930 <-- 1988 <- 1989 -> 1990 --> 2024

1989 Season Highlights

Jim Duncan enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Newton.

The Tigers won the Class 3A District 10 Championship.

1989 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Byram	32	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Wayne County	7	13	L
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Philadelphia	28	14	W
Fri., Sep. 22	@ Forest *	21	12	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Northeast Lauderdale	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Bay Springs	8	38	L
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Enterprise Clarke	6	21	L
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Southeast Lauderdale *	7	14	L
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Morton *	35	14	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ West Lauderdale *	34	20	W
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. Pearl River Central	14	45	L	1st Round Playoffs

1989 Season Totals
Record	6-5
Points Scored	212
Scoring Average	19.3
Points Allowed	191
Defense Average	17.4
Opponents Record	62-54 -1
District Record	3-1
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	3-3

1989 Class 3A District 10 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Newton	6-5	212	191	0-1	14	45	3-1	97	60	Jim Duncan
Morton	6-5	256	191	0-1	13	30	3-1	140	55	Johnny Mills
Forest	5-4-1	237	171				2-2	111	73	Jack French
Southeast Lauderdale	5-5	157	144				2-2	34	62	Dwane Taylor
West Lauderdale	0-10	69	361				0-4	23	155	Shannon White

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Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.