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Clarksdale Football Team History

Clarksdale Wildcats

Clarksdale High School

1101 Wildcat Drive Clarksdale, MS
Stadium: Crumpton Field
Colors: Scarlet & Royal
Coach: Melvin Hemphill

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1912 <-- 1947 <- 1948 -> 1949 --> 2024

1948 Season Highlights

Melvin Hemphill enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Clarksdale.

1948 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 17	Helena AR	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Memphis Central TN	19	3	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Central Jackson *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 8	Tupelo *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Lee *	33	13	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Greenville *	12	7	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Vicksburg *	12	13	L
Fri., Nov. 5	Paducah KY	12	7	W
Fri., Nov. 12	Greenwood *	6	6	T
Fri., Nov. 19	Corinth *	25	12	W

1948 Season Totals
Record	7-1 -2
Points Scored	139
Scoring Average	13.9
Points Allowed	61
Defense Average	6.1
Opponents Record	47-32 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1948 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
McComb	10-1	292	85	9-0-0	245	66	Sammy Bartling
Meridian	7-4	163	121	6-3-0	144	102	Earl Morgan
Laurel	6-5	150	109	6-4-0	150	102	Art VanTone
Greenville	8-3	237	70	5-3-0	133	64	Warren Averitte
Greenwood	7-3-1	161	103	5-3-1	108	96	Carl Maddox
Vicksburg	7-3	130	103	5-3-0	78	73	Raymond Ray
Central Jackson	6-4-1	98	98	5-4-1	73	98	Doss Fulton
Brookhaven	8-1-1	234	72	4-1-1	85	52	Hartwell McPhail
Clarksdale	7-1-2	139	61	4-1-2	94	51	Melvin Hemphill
Hattiesburg	6-4-1	186	99	3-4-1	101	92	Charles Moore.
Biloxi	5-6	181	139	2-6-0	85	126	Willie Carter
Lee	5-5	234	143	2-5-0	114	137	William Bruce
Natchez-Adams	5-5	223	124	2-5-0	113	104	A.I. Rexinger
Tupelo	5-5	131	106	2-5-0	74	93	Pickens Noble
Gulfport	4-5-1	151	117	2-4-1	73	91	James Landrum
Moss Point	3-7-1	80	163	2-4-1	56	90	Dick Shields
Pascagoula	1-9	13	279	1-6-0	13	199	Felix Neal
Corinth	2-6-1	91	154	0-4-0	25	128	Roy Biggers

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