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Newton Football Team History

Newton Tigers

Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Butch Newman

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1930 <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024

1980 Season Highlights

Butch Newman enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Newton.

The Tigers won the Choctaw Conference Championship.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	@ Decatur *	38	0	W
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Carthage *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. Neshoba Central	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. West Lauderdale *	33	14	W
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Northeast Lauderdale	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 10	@ Southeast Lauderdale	37	6	W
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Raleigh	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 24	@ Bay Springs *	21	18	W
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. South Leake *	40	6	W
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. Union *	50	12	W
Fri., Nov. 14	Noxapater	14	8	W (OT)	Decatur

1980 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	303
Scoring Average	27.5
Points Allowed	71
Defense Average	6.5
Opponents Record	59-50 -2
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	4-1

1980 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Newton	10-1	303	71	6-0-0	203	50	Butch Newman
Bay Springs	10-1	350	108	5-1-0	176	45	Mike Tucker
Decatur	6-4	124	114	3-3-0	75	83	Kenny Clark
Carthage	5-5	172	158	2-4-0	78	107
Union	4-6	177	222	2-4-0	83	124	Thomas Bush
West Lauderdale	2-8	107	173	2-4-0	72	118
South Leake	2-6-1	76	230	1-5-0	46	206

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