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New Hope Football Team History

New Hope Trojans

New Hope High School

3419 New Hope Road Columbus, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Gerald Durdin

1950 <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights

Gerald Durdin enters his 6th season as Head Coach at New Hope.

The Trojans won the Big Black Conference Championship.

1960 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	DeKalb	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 9	Brooksville *			W
Fri., Sep. 16	Maben *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 30	Caledonia *	37	0	W
Mon., Oct. 10	Pickens County AL	31	12	W
Fri., Oct. 14	Mathiston *	31	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	Nettleton	47	18	W
Fri., Oct. 28	Macon	0	19	L
Fri., Nov. 4	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 11	Sturgis *	33	7	W
Fri., Nov. 18	Weir	20	0	W

1960 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	232
Scoring Average	23.2
Points Allowed	56
Defense Average	5.6
Opponents Record	50-60 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1960 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
New Hope	9-1	232	56	5-0-0	128	7	Gerald Durdin
Caledonia	4-4-1	94	127	3-1-1	55	43	Ira Smith
Sturgis	4-6-1	72	122	3-1-1	53	51	Charles Beall
Maben	2-8	44	136	2-2-0	38	40	Glenn Mason
Mathiston	1-7	25	177	1-4-0	19	89	Gaines Crawford
Brooksville	0-7	19	111	0-5-0	13	60
	South
Weir	10-1	273	46	6-0-0	169	26	Marion Kelly
Noxapater	8-2	178	78	5-1-0	104	65	Doug Sullivan
Shuqualak	8-2	238	49	3-2-0	89	43	Bill Brown
Hickory	4-5	148	103	2-4-0	108	103	John Kenna
Edinburg	3-5	119	135	2-4-0	101	116	Charles Mooney
Nanih Waiya	3-6	125	182	2-4-0	86	115	Jimmy Dempsey
Sebastopol	0-9	71	344	0-5-0	32	220

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