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South Tippah Football Team History

South Tippah Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jack Harris

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1933 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

Jack Harris enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at South Tippah.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	New Albany	6	12	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Vardaman *	39	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Baldwyn *	39	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Okolona *	12	6	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Kossuth *	60	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Shannon *	33	0	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Calhoun City *	20	7	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Nettleton *	20	21	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Fulton *	6	7	L
Fri., Nov. 8	Booneville *	38	13	W

1963 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	273
Scoring Average	27.3
Points Allowed	73
Defense Average	7.3
Opponents Record	47-46 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1963 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	7-1-1	180	70	7-0-1	173	38	Ben Jones
South Tippah	7-3	273	73	7-2-0	267	61	Jack Harris
Okolona	7-2-2	246	59	6-2-1	225	52	Bob Tyler
Nettleton	6-5	152	192	5-4-0	144	172
Calhoun City	5-4-1	199	133	5-3-1	185	113	Bobby Slick McCool
Shannon	5-5	125	149	5-4-0	125	142	Murphy Roberson
Baldwyn	3-5-1	108	180	3-5-1	108	180	Ned Holder
Booneville	3-7	114	193	3-6-0	100	166	Douglas Herbert
Kossuth	1-9	75	301	1-8-0	68	254	Kenneth McKinney
Vardaman	0-8	14	230	0-8-0	14	230	Joe Cooper

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