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Amory Football Team History

Amory Panthers

Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Murphy Lowther

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1919 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

Murphy Lowther enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Amory.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Hamilton AL	6	23	L
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Tupelo	6	13	L
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. New Albany *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Grenada *	26	19	W
Fri., Oct. 9	@ University *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Lamar County AL	40	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Okolona *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. West Point *	14	20	L
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Starkville *	12	14	L
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Aberdeen *	0	31	L

1953 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	169
Scoring Average	16.9
Points Allowed	132
Defense Average	13.2
Opponents Record	50-47
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	2-2

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.