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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
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1917 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

The Head Coach is unknown.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Aberdeen *	0	34	L
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. Shannon	26	7	W
Fri., Sep. 25	vs. Baldwyn	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	@ West Point *	0	34	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Houston *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Grenada *	0	34	L
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Amory *	6	33	L
Fri., Oct. 30	@ New Albany *
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Pontotoc *	23	6	W
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. University *	0	12	L

1953 Season Totals
Record	3-6
Points Scored	62
Scoring Average	6.9
Points Allowed	173
Defense Average	19.2
Opponents Record	43-43 -1
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	0-4

1953 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Aberdeen	10-1	298	46	8-0-0	230	32	Bert Thompson
West Point	7-3	252	169	6-2-0	220	124	Harper Davis
Starkville	9-2	212	49	5-1-0	105	25	Walter Scales
University	6-3	208	64	5-3-0	169	58
Amory	5-5	169	132	4-3-0	117	90	Murphy Lowther
Houston	4-5	77	141	3-5-0	51	135	Flavius Alford
Grenada	4-6	177	178	2-4-0	93	117	A.L. Gerrard
Okolona	3-6	62	173	1-6-0	29	166
Pontotoc	2-7-1	90	238	1-3-0	51	102	Charles Shumake
New Albany	1-8	38	252	1-6-0	32	186	W.J. Davis

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.