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Taylorsville Football Team History

Taylorsville Tartars

Taylorsville High School

324 Hester Street Taylorsville, MS
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Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Bill Morris

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1937 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Bill Morris enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Taylorsville.

The Tartars won the Rebel Conference Championship.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	@ Sandersville *	18	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 15	vs. Ellisville *	14	6	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Mize	28	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Calhoun	34	12	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Heidelberg *	26	18	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Seminary	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Decatur *	39	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Raleigh *	28	0	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Bay Springs *	32	14	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	9-0
Points Scored	226
Scoring Average	25.1
Points Allowed	56
Defense Average	6.2
Opponents Record	43-48 -3
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	4-0

1961 Rebel Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	8-0-1	172	52	6-0-1	152	40	L.J. Davis
Taylorsville	9-0	226	56	6-0-0	157	38	Bill Morris
Heidelberg	5-5	208	116	5-5-0	208	116	Glenn Wells
Bay Springs	6-2-2	188	113	4-1-1	121	66
Stonewall	4-3	105	89	4-1-0	92	24	Aubrey Carmichael
Sandersville	5-4	140	136	2-3-0	81	93	Ray Merritt
Clara	4-5	65	76	2-1-0	32	31	Warren Hutto
Decatur	3-7	62	235	2-5-0	34	189
Raleigh	2-8	86	177	1-5-0	67	125	Eddie Rodgers
Beat Four	1-6-1	45	167	0-4-0	25	109	Harold Clark
Ellisville	0-7	45	166	0-4-0	25	101	Troy Bush
Stringer	0-7	25	186	0-3-0	12	74	Robert Gavins

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