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Mathiston Football Team History

Mathiston Panthers

Mathiston High School

Mathiston, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Gaines Crawford

1950 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 1985

1956 Season Highlights

Gaines Crawford enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Mathiston.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Vaiden *	6	40	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Brooksville *	7	13	L
Fri., Sep. 21	Vardaman	0	42	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Kilmichael *	13	28	L
Thu., Oct. 4	Weir *	0	19	L
Fri., Oct. 12	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 19	New Hope	12	32	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Noxapater *	39	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Ethel *	7	26	L
Fri., Nov. 9	Maben *	12	13	L

1956 Season Totals
Record	1-8
Points Scored	96
Scoring Average	10.7
Points Allowed	219
Defense Average	24.3
Opponents Record	37-45 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Vaiden	6-3	198	95	6-2-0	192	75
Durant	8-0	225	32	5-0-0	147	19	Hugh Walker
Lexington	8-1	228	84	5-0-0	145	38	Woodson Earle
Brooksville	6-2	133	98	5-2-0	114	85	Bill Spigner
Sturgis	6-2	180	113	4-1-0	110	62	Marion Kelly
Kilmichael	4-5	147	122	4-2-0	133	76	M.B. Holmes
Ethel	4-4-1	104	153	3-4-1	84	153	James Johnston
McAdams	4-5-1	173	201	3-4-1	133	180	George Cain
Weir	3-3	92	92	3-2-0	80	73	Jimmy Graves
French Camp Academy	3-5	138	154	2-5-0	92	154	Billy Thompson
Maben	3-7	118	230	2-6-0	65	173	Henry Morgan
Mathiston	1-8	96	219	1-6-0	84	145	Gaines Crawford
Noxapater	0-10	77	269	0-9-0	77	223	Leon Burton

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