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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Sammy Graves

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1917 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Sammy Graves enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Okolona.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Bruce	36	6	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Fulton *	6	26	L
Fri., Sep. 18	Booneville *	20	14	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Ripley *	24	13	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Nettleton *	6	8	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Baldwyn *	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Houston *	22	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Kossuth *	42	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Shannon *	22	52	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Calhoun City *	28	34	L
Fri., Nov. 13	Saltillo *	34	16	W

1970 Season Totals
Record	7-4
Points Scored	254
Scoring Average	23.1
Points Allowed	175
Defense Average	15.9
Opponents Record	47-65 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1970 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Calhoun City	10-1	362	124	8-1-0	270	124	Billy Cook
Shannon	9-2	287	135	7-2-0	250	133	Thomas Suggs
Fulton	7-4	230	145	7-2-0	216	120	Ben Jones
Okolona	7-4	254	175	6-4-0	218	169	Sammy Graves
Booneville	6-3-1	203	91	5-3-1	181	91	Jim Drewry
Baldwyn	5-5-1	172	167	4-4-1	154	151	Jackie Spradling
Ripley	4-6	152	175	4-5-0	144	163	Compton Shelton
Nettleton	2-8	115	251	2-7-0	109	203	Don Whitlock
Saltillo	2-8	108	265	2-7-0	108	245	Mitch Grissom
Kossuth	1-9	131	335	0-9-0	97	323	Tommy Lucas

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