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Meridian Football Team History

Meridian Wildcats

Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Jim Baxter

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1908 <-- 1936 <- 1937 -> 1938 --> 2024

1937 Season Highlights

Jim Baxter enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Meridian.

The Wildcats won the Big 8 Conference Championship.

1937 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Morton	46	0	W
	Hattiesburg *	20	0	W
	Brookhaven *	44	0	W
	Vicksburg *	19	12	W
	Gulfport *	17	2	W
	Quitman	52	0	W
	Laurel *	12	6	W
	Biloxi *	27	0	W
	Philadelphia	26	13	W
Thu., Nov. 25	Ensley AL	13	7	W

1937 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	276
Scoring Average	27.6
Points Allowed	40
Defense Average	4.0
Opponents Record	41-35 -7
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1937 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Meridian	10-0	276	40	6-0-0	139	20	Jim Baxter
Vicksburg	9-1-1	281	72	5-1-1	142	59	Al Clemens
McComb	7-2-2	168	104	5-1-0	115	66	Charles Moore.
Gulfport	6-5	144	122	3-5-0	80	103	Nick Duncan
Brookhaven	5-6-1	142	172	3-5-0	60	140
Laurel	5-4-1	115	71	3-4-1	83	65
Central Jackson	5-4-1	123	107	1-4-1	37	88	Nash Broyles
Hattiesburg	3-5-2	105	107	1-4-2	46	100	W.D. Burnett
Biloxi	3-6-1	141	124	0-4-1	18	93	Engle May

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Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.