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Forest Football Team History


Forest Bearcats
Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: Tobias Lofton
Overall Record Progress      90% Complete
   
  

 

Team Home Summary Coaches Games by Year Opponents Playoffs OT

Team Timeline
First Team: 1926  (#1)
 
Championships
State Playoff Championships
1992, 1993, 1999, 2010
District Championships
  1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992
1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 585-358-25
 Winning Pct. 62%
 State Playoff Titles 4
 District Titles 21
 District Record 179-53
 Home Record 203-102-6
 Away Record 173-118-4
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 100
 Winning Seasons (#2) 63
 Losing Seasons (#2)26
 Most Wins in A Season 15 (2010)
 Most Losses in A Season 10 (1965)
 10 Win Seasons 16
 Most Points Scored in a Game 67 (10/22/2004)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 552 (2010)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 63 (10/22/2021)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 393 (2020)
 Largest Margin of Victory 66 (10/20/1929)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 54 (9/21/1951)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 95 (9/11/2020)
 Last Shutout 10/4/2024
 Last Time Shutout 10/14/2022
 Shutouts All-Time 191
 Been Shutout All-Time 103
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 24 (9/12/1969-9/17/1971)
 Longest Losing 16 (11/13/1964-9/30/1966)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 52-28
 Appearances 32
 1st Round 26-8
 2nd Round 13-12
 3rd Round 3-4
 Semi-Finals 6-2
 Finals 4-2
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  29-24
 2010-19  87-42
 2000-09  77-42
 1990-99 100-23
 1980-89 61-47-1
 1970-79 72-31-2
 1960-69 42-54-5
 1950-59 48-47-8
 
Next Game
 11/22/2024 (Fri)
vs. Quitman
in a 3rd Round Playoff Game.
Last Time: Forest lost 6-28 in 2024.
All-Time:
  vs. Quitman 11-7-0 61.1% 
 
2024 Season
 8/30  vs. Philadelphia    27   0   W  
 9/6  @ Newton    42   0   W  
 9/13  vs. Clarkdale    49   0   W  
 9/20  @ Northeast Lauderdale    52   14   W  
 9/27  vs. Scott Central    37   7   W  
 10/4  @ Mendenhall   *  13   0   W  
 10/11  @ Union    35   6   W  
 10/18  vs. Northeast Jones   *  21   10   W  
 10/25  vs. Quitman   *  6   28   L  
 10/31  @ Morton   *  28   3   W  
 Playoffs 
 11/8  vs. Bay    49   7   W  
 11/15  vs. Lanier    23   20   W  
 11/22  vs. Quitman            
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record11-1
  Scoring382-95
  Region Record3-1
  Home Record6-1
  Away Record5-0
 
 Region 5 Standings
  Forest 11-13-1
  Northeast Jones 8-33-1
  Mendenhall 4-62-2
  Quitman 7-42-2
  Morton 5-50-4
Longest Running Rivalry
 Forest & Morton have played 83 games.
Forest has won 47 games.
Morton has won 35 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 3-39
 10 or more 190-69
 20 or more  163-35
 30 or more 108-9
 40 or more 68-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 84-1
 10 or more 109-107
 20 or more 36-99
 30 or more 8-69
 40 or more 2-38
 
Border Wars
 No games on record vs. Border States.
 
  
 
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.

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