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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Billy Jarrell

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1920 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Billy Jarrell enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Ackerman *	12	12	T
Fri., Sep. 14	Macon *	24	7	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Starkville	6	19	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Belzoni	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Canton *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 12	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 19	Newton *	13	24	L
Fri., Oct. 26	DeKalb *	22	0	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Union *	32	6	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Kosciusko *	39	19	W
Thu., Nov. 22	Louisville *	26	7	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	5-3 -2
Points Scored	174
Scoring Average	17.4
Points Allowed	108
Defense Average	10.8
Opponents Record	60-45 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Eupora	9-1	298	59	6-0-0	204	32	Hollis Rutter
Canton	7-1-1	159	112	6-0-1	147	66	Howard Willoughby
Union	7-3	206	113	5-3-0	154	99	Clyde McGee
Philadelphia	5-3-2	174	108	5-1-2	168	75	Billy Jarrell
Ackerman	7-3-1	287	247	4-3-1	183	209	Prentiss Irvin
Newton	5-4	184	166	3-3-0	118	133	Bill Lindsley
Quitman	5-3-1	182	126	3-3-0	121	99	Murphy Lowther
Kosciusko	4-6	161	173	3-4-0	123	112	John King Jr.
Macon	4-4	110	89	3-4-0	97	83	A.J. Kilpatrick
DeKalb	3-7	95	168	1-6-0	27	149	Jack Holloway
Louisville	2-10	131	279	1-6-0	73	147	Ken Lawrence
Carthage	1-10	74	318	0-6-0	34	238	Walter Ahrens

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