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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  <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 2024
1940 Season Highlights
 Jim Baxter enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Meridian.
 The Wildcats won the Big 8 Conference Championship.
 
1940 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 20  vs. Quitman    64   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 27  vs. Greenwood   *  26   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 4  @ Vicksburg   *  16   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 11  vs. Louisville    59   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 18  vs. Laurel   *  6   6   T       
 Fri., Oct. 25  @ Central Jackson   *  7   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 1  vs. Tupelo   *  35   13   W       
 Fri., Nov. 8  @ Hattiesburg   *  35   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 15  vs. Forest    39   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 21  vs. Clarksdale   *  32   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 29  @ Lee   *  53   13   W       
 
1940 Season Totals
  Record10-0 -1
  Points Scored372
  Scoring Average33.8
  Points Allowed50
  Defense Average4.5
  Opponents Record57-49 -4
  Home Record6-0 -1
  Away Record4-0
  
1940  Big 8 Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
McComb 11-1286397-1-016325  Charles Moore.
Meridian 10-0-1372507-0-121050  Jim Baxter
Clarksdale 10-1239926-1-013466  H.C. Jenkins
Laurel 7-3-1265575-2-116129  G.B. Landrum
Greenville 8-3257644-3-012357  George Terry
Central Jackson 7-2197524-2-08445  Scrap Crawley
Greenwood 7-41851114-3-010778  Gene Chadwick
Hattiesburg 5-5811372-4-027131  Pinky Rohm
Tupelo 5-71271662-6-080153  Engle May
Brookhaven 7-3-11281251-2-01974  Robert L. Therrell
Vicksburg 5-62021421-6-073142  Al Clemens
Biloxi 2-8-1562081-3-044107  A.D. Buck Brown
Gulfport 4-71011350-5-0088  Nick Duncan
Lee 1-11313910-6-019199  William B. Saunders



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