The History of High School Football in Mississippi

Welcome to the Mississippi High School Football Historical Society. Our goal is to chronicle a complete history of high school football in the state of Mississippi. We will also provide other important information including coaching records, state championship summaries, region and conference records and much more. If you can provide accurate scores or any other information related to our efforts we encourage you to contact us.

2026 Football Season 2026 Region Standings 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  2025 Football Season 2025 Region Standings 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  2024 Football Season 2024 Region Standings 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  2023 Football Season 2023 Region Standings 7A  6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  2021 Football Season 2021 Region Standings 6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  2022 Coaching Changes A look at every high school football head coaching change since the end of the 2021 football season. Coaching Changes  2019 Season 2019 Region Standings 6A  5A  4A  3A  2A  1A  MAIS  8 Man Football News AHSFHS.org                               July 17th, 2017       A new state for AHSFHS.org    The History of high school football in Mississippi.  AHSFHS.org                               July 17th, 2017       The Big 8 Conference was formed in 1927 and existed until the playoffs began in 1981. For a review of each season visit the link HERE. Current Streaks Winning Streak             Losing Streak             Regular Season Winning Streak             Region Winning Streak             Region Losing Streak             Home Winning Streak                       Consecutive Winning Seasons *             Consecutive Playoff Seasons             Consecutive Games Scoring *            (* incomplete data)

2026 Football Season 2026 Coaching Changes A look at every high school football head coaching change since the end of the 2024 football season. Coaching Changes  Mississippi Football AHSFHS.org                               Mar. 3rd, 2020       Playoff Games for the 1923-1929 football seasons    Playoffs 1923-1929  AHSFHS.org                               Mar. 3rd, 2020       Playoff Games for the 1930 football season    Playoffs 1930  AHSFHS.org                               Feb. 22nd, 2020       Did you know there was a playoff format in 1948-1949?    Playoffs 1948-1949  AHSFHS.org                               Dec. 1st, 2019       The progress in completing schools 1950-2019    Our Progress.  Football News AHSFHS.org                               July 16th, 2017       This is a work in progress. There is still much research and work to be completed before everything comes together and teams are completed.       We will be researching the teams in segments. Our first goal is to complete as many teams as possible back to 1950. We currently have most of the information for the larger schools who belonged to the Big 8 Conference prior to 1981.       As more research is done, we will include scores and coaches for every team prior to 1950. So, bear with us while the project progresses over the next few years. It is a very time consuming process to find every score for every team.       Our projections are that there have been approximately 130,000 games played among the Mississippi high school football teams over the past 100 years or so. We are nearing the point to where 88% of these scores are included in our records. Team Records Below is a list of the team won/lost records according to the research completed. These number will change as more research is done.  Louisville  845-331-29   72%  Meridian  778-368-49   68%  Starkville  777-292-28   73%  Clarksdale  715-427-29   63%  Magee  711-367-30   66%  Tupelo  688-387-25   64%  Amory  676-433-15   61%  Laurel  670-447-32   60%  West Point  668-411-24   62%  Philadelphia  659-359-23   65%  Charleston  655-373-29   64%  Forest  652-395-33   62%  Taylorsville  649-266-9   71%  Hattiesburg  647-450-40   59%  South Panola  643-262-13   71%  Gulfport  643-414-33   61%  Brandon  618-383-31   62%  Kosciusko  618-392-15   61%  McComb  615-448-30   58%  Greenwood  615-435-35   59%  Vicksburg  614-480-31   56%  Pascagoula  605-475-28   56%  Corinth  605-470-34   56%  Clinton  599-415-22   59%  Mendenhall  589-352-17   63%  Senatobia  578-236-6   71%  Picayune  577-388-16   60%  Durant  574-247-18   70%  Ripley  568-391-31   59%  South Pike  566-323-15   64%  Jackson Prep  565-103-2   85%  Greenville  563-508-25   53%  Baldwyn  557-332-18   63%  Calhoun City  557-326-14   63%  West Bolivar  557-314-10   64%  Biloxi  553-519-35   52%  Brookhaven  546-483-36   53%  Leland  542-397-24   58%  Olive Branch  540-384-23   58%  Saint Aloysius  539-423-22   56%  Grenada  538-438-19   55%  Booneville  537-364-14   60%  Collins  533-336-16   61%  Itawamba AHS  524-389-28   57%  Lumberton  519-383-21   58%  Eupora  518-361-20   59%  Hazlehurst  516-454-23   53%  Petal  512-385-17   57%  Aberdeen  510-506-20   50%  Purvis  509-409-29   55%  Moss Point  507-495-23   51%  Noxubee County  507-362-17   58%  Water Valley  507-388-18   57%  George County  507-367-14   58%  Enterprise Clarke  506-342-14   60%  Pontotoc  505-492-32   51%  Noxapater  503-393-16   56%  Poplarville  502-375-20   57%  Okolona  498-513-19   49%  Weir  495-196-8   72%  Centreville Academy  495-187-1   73%  Cathedral  493-377-11   57%  Morton  489-428-20   53%  Union  489-467-26   51%  Columbia  488-472-23   51%  Mize  485-329-8   60%  Ocean Springs  482-331-13   59%  Bay Springs  480-368-20   57%  Mount Olive  480-417-22   54%  Winona  480-435-29   52%  DIberville  477-299-10   62%  Pearl  472-385-8   55%  Bassfield  472-255-14   65%  Ackerman  471-324-17   59%  Warren Central  469-244-7   66%  Forrest County AHS  469-403-21   54%  Puckett  467-344-18   58%  Lafayette  465-239-2   66%  Tri-County Academy  464-178-1   72%  Yazoo City  463-525-24   47%  Leflore County  454-358-31   56%  Stone  453-400-20   53%

ASHFHS.org Progress   We are working to finish as many teams as possible back through the 1950 season. If you can assist us in this research in any way just let us know. Use the 'Contact Us' link in the right hand column of the homepage for Mississippi High School Football. We appreciate any one who is willing to assist us in completing this project.      We are also interested in completing the coaches for every team. If you can assist us in any way we will appreciate the help.

The Beginning

The game of American football as played today by high school, college, and professional teams grew out of rugby-style football which in the mid-1870s replaced a largely kicking game known as association football. Although initially played on village greens and on college fields, the first intercollegiate game took place on 6 November 1869 when Rutgers defeated Princeton 6-4 in a soccer-style game. Five years later, Montreal's McGill University playing at Harvard introduced rugby football, which would be rapidly adopted by eastern teams.   *Answers.com