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South Tippah Football Team History

South Tippah Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: John Curlee Jr.

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1933 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

John Curlee Jr. enters his 6th season as Head Coach at South Tippah.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Iuka	38	6	W
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. New Albany	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Vardaman *	40	14	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Baldwyn *	13	6	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Okolona *	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Kossuth *	27	13	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Shannon *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Calhoun City *	6	21	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Nettleton *	26	0	W
Sat., Nov. 4	vs. Fulton *	13	14	L
Fri., Nov. 10	@ Booneville *	21	0	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	237
Scoring Average	21.5
Points Allowed	100
Defense Average	9.1
Opponents Record	50-53 -2
Home Record	3-3
Away Record	5-0

1961 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	10-1	384	144	9-0-0	287	105	Bill Spigner
Baldwyn	8-2	226	40	7-2-0	200	40	Jimmy Deakle
South Tippah	8-3	237	100	7-2-0	199	81	John Curlee Jr.
Kossuth	5-3	122	141	4-3-0	96	135	Kenneth McKinney
Calhoun City	4-4-1	139	134	3-3-1	112	94	Jim Bain
Nettleton	3-6	177	228	2-5-0	86	181	H.T. Godfrey
Okolona	3-8	129	263	2-6-0	116	204	Billy Brown
Booneville	3-6-1	161	209	1-6-1	110	202	Douglas Herbert
Shannon	3-6	160	244	1-6-0	101	212	Murphy Roberson
Vardaman	3-7	126	205	0-1-0	0	0	George Thomas

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