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Quitman Football Team History

Quitman Panthers

Quitman High School

210 South Jackson Avenue Quitman, MS
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Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Murphy Lowther

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1927 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Murphy Lowther enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Quitman.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Stonewall	13	7	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Newton *	20	34	L
Fri., Sep. 21	Enterprise Clarke	34	6	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Macon *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 5	DeKalb *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Union *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 19	Canton *	20	38	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Carthage *	35	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 9	@ Ellisville	14	14	T

1956 Season Totals
Record	5-3 -1
Points Scored	182
Scoring Average	20.2
Points Allowed	126
Defense Average	14.0
Opponents Record	38-52 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0 -1

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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