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Carriere Football Team History


Carriere Blue Devils
Pearl River Central High School

7407 Hwy 11 North Carriere, MS
Stadium: Hendrix Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Dick Sansing

 

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1950  <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024
1956 Season Highlights
 Dick Sansing enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Carriere.
 
1956 Season
 
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 7  @ Poplarville    7   27   L       
 Thu., Sep. 13  vs. Perkinston    14   13   W       
 Fri., Sep. 21  vs. Columbia Training    33   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 28  @ Brooklyn    0   26   L       
 Thu., Oct. 4  @ Long Beach    24   27   L       
 Fri., Oct. 12  vs. Purvis    12   20   L       
 Fri., Oct. 19  @ Sumrall    32   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 26   OPEN               
 Fri., Nov. 2  vs. Lumberton    18   14   W       
 Fri., Nov. 9  @ Bay                 
 
1956 Season Totals
  Record4-4
  Points Scored140
  Scoring Average17.5
  Points Allowed127
  Defense Average15.9
  Opponents Record44-43 -2
  Home Record3-1
  Away Record1-3
  
1956  DeSoto Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Waynesboro 9-1208784-1-09038  Sim Cooley
Brooklyn 11-028348  Fred Henley
Purvis 8-2-1232121  James Mangum
Lumberton 6-4163125  Billy Shepherd
Poplarville 6-2-114974  Doug Daniels
George County 5-4-1114106  Herbert Ray Nobles
Bay 4-4149113  Lance Lumpkin
Leakesville 4-6101128  Brooks Tisdale
Carriere 4-4140127  Dick Sansing
Petal 3-7157135  Louis McKissack
Wiggins 2-852225  Buddy Madden
Richton 1-951247  Billy Crosby
Sumrall 0-1021241  Thomas Deen



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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.