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Pontotoc Football Team History

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Pontotoc High School

132 North Main Street Pontotoc, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Charles Shumake

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1926 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

Charles Shumake enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Pontotoc.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Holly Springs	0	14	L
Fri., Sep. 18	@ University *	6	48	L
Fri., Sep. 25	vs. Houston *	6	7	L
Fri., Oct. 2	@ Booneville	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. New Albany *	19	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ West Point *	20	47	L
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Aberdeen	13	46	L
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. Shannon	14	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	@ Okolona	6	23	L
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. Batesville	0	47	L

1953 Season Totals
Record	2-7 -1
Points Scored	90
Scoring Average	9.0
Points Allowed	238
Defense Average	23.8
Opponents Record	45-38 -2
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	0-5 -1

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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