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Batesville Football Team History

Batesville Tigers

South Panola High School

601 Tiger Drive Batesville, MS
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Colors: Blue & Red
Coach: Thomas Hamby

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1931 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024

1962 Season Highlights

Thomas Hamby enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Batesville.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	University	0	20	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Cleveland *	12	9	W
Fri., Sep. 21	East Tallahatchie *	0	39	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Indianola	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Grenada *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 12	Winona *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Leflore County *	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Drew *	0	20	L
Fri., Nov. 2	West Tallahatchie *	35	6	W
Fri., Nov. 9	OPEN

1962 Season Totals
Record	3-6
Points Scored	74
Scoring Average	8.2
Points Allowed	141
Defense Average	15.7
Opponents Record	45-52 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1962 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rolling Fork	10-0	359	35	7-0-0	224	22	Bob Dunaway
East Tallahatchie	8-2	279	39	7-2-0	220	39	P.W. Underwood
Grenada	7-3	134	137	7-1-0	128	98	Bob Ellard
Drew	8-2	181	76	6-2-0	126	69	Bobby Fisher
Leflore County	6-3-2	141	77	4-3-1	80	64	Jerry C. Taylor
Cleveland	5-6	157	129	4-5-0	130	104	Ray Whelan
Batesville	3-6	74	141	3-4-0	74	114	Thomas Hamby
Belzoni	4-6	165	170	2-5-0	92	136	George Jefferson
Winona	4-6-1	87	141	2-6-1	67	135	Jim Barron
Leland	3-7	125	258	2-7-0	107	258	Ben Ruscoe
Indianola	2-7-1	92	222	2-7-1	92	222	Cadman Porter
West Tallahatchie	0-10	65	294	0-9-0	58	267	J.E. Logan

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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.