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Ruleville Football Team History

Ruleville Tigers

Thomas E. Edwards High School

360 L.F. Packer Drive Ruleville, MS
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Colors: Kelly Green & Gold
Coach: Tommy Gunn.

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1926 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024

1959 Season Highlights

Tommy Gunn. enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Ruleville.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 11	Crowder *	14	13	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Lambert *	13	27	L
Fri., Sep. 25	Anguilla *	57	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Shaw Hawks *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 9	@ Marks *	14	6	W
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. Tunica *	6	35	L
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Linn	53	13	W
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Shelby *	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	@ Rosedale *	0	40	L
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. Saint Joseph Greenville *	13	7	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	204
Scoring Average	20.4
Points Allowed	154
Defense Average	15.4
Opponents Record	47-47 -4
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-1

1959 Cotton Boll Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rosedale	9-2	355	76	7-2-0	295	76	Carlee Nevel
Tunica	9-1-1	261	90	6-0-0	154	30	Hoyt Bush
Shaw Hawks	7-3	212	180	5-3-0	158	160	Peter Walker
Ruleville	6-4	204	154	5-4-0	151	141	Tommy Gunn.
Lambert	7-2-1	179	98	4-1-1	100	64	Kenneth Irby
Hollandale	7-3	252	123	2-1-0	60	31	Clarence Wilkinson
Saint Joseph Greenville	4-5	128	139	2-4-0	95	107	Dom Bevalaque
Marks	2-8	68	199	2-3-0	56	66	Gordon Kent
Crowder	5-4-1	126	104	0-3-1	28	86	Alton Zachary
Anguilla	2-6	108	261	0-5-0	42	212	George Jefferson
Shelby	0-9-1	33	245	0-7-0	27	193	Bill Ware

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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.