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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: John Curlee Jr.

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1933 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

John Curlee Jr. enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Ripley.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	Booneville *	7	40	L
Fri., Sep. 7	Vardaman *	13	6	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Kossuth *	7	7	T
Thu., Sep. 20	Nettleton *	35	13	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Fulton *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Baldwyn *	12	25	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Iuka	34	19	W
Fri., Oct. 19	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Okolona *	12	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Shannon *	14	7	W
Fri., Nov. 9	OPEN

1956 Season Totals
Record	6-2 -1
Points Scored	155
Scoring Average	17.2
Points Allowed	123
Defense Average	13.7
Opponents Record	39-56 -1
Home Record	2-0
Away Record	1-0

1956 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Baldwyn	11-0	417	76	9-0-0	353	51	Jimmy Jobe
Booneville	7-2	256	107	6-2-0	224	95	William Ward
Calhoun City	8-3	276	208	5-1-0	145	116	Otis Shuttles
Ripley	6-2-1	155	123	5-2-1	121	104	John Curlee Jr.
Kossuth	4-3-1	117	108	3-3-1	99	108	Odell Rutherford
Shannon	4-4	140	93	3-4-0	120	80	John Wiygul
Fulton	3-6	77	282	3-5-0	70	220	Othar Crawford
Okolona	1-7	73	186	1-5-0	46	115	Jack Lewis
Iuka	0-8	57	241	0-5-0	32	153
Nettleton	0-9	80	286	0-7-0	63	224	Jack Carlisle

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