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Oakland Football Team History

Oakland Hornets

Oakland High School

Oakland, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Jack Mason

1932 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 1968

1956 Season Highlights

Jack Mason enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Oakland.

The Hornets set a team record for margin of victory at 51 points.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	vs. Water Valley *	0	21	L
Fri., Sep. 7	@ Coldwater *	51	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Dublin	34	14	W
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Sardis *	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Crenshaw *
Fri., Oct. 5	vs. Lambert	14	7	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Lula Rich	49	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	vs. Vardaman	33	14	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Friars Point	48	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Hernando *	26	6	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	261
Scoring Average	29.0
Points Allowed	88
Defense Average	9.8
Opponents Record	38-46 -3
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	3-0

1956 Chickasaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Sardis	7-2	264	76	6-1-0	208	49	John Alderman
Water Valley	6-3	185	88	6-2-0	166	61	Robert Cire
Holly Springs	6-2	165	137	4-1-0	94	85	Joe Williams
Senatobia	6-1	118	33	4-1-0	66	7	James Coleman
Horn Lake	5-4	216	120	3-2-0	140	62	W.S. Donald
Oakland	7-2	261	88	2-2-0	83	34	Jack Mason
Hernando	2-8	109	236	2-6-0	89	183	Bennie Weeks
Coldwater	0-3	13	127	0-1-0	0	51	O.M. Briscoe
Crenshaw	0-8	19	344	0-5-0	13	218	George Schelder
Olive Branch	0-9	58	207	0-6-0	27	136	Hansel Thornton

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