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Newton County Football Team History

Newton County Cougars

Newton County High School

16255 Hwy. 503 Decatur, MS
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Colors: Blue & Orange
Coach: Larry Harms

1990 <-- 1990 <- 1990 -> 1991 --> 2024

1990 Season Highlights

Larry Harms enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Newton County.

This was the first season Newton County fielded a team.

The Cougars won the Class 3A District 10 Championship.

1990 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	Forest *	10	9	W
Fri., Sep. 7	Newton *	15	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	South Leake	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Union	42	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Morton *	16	15	W
Fri., Oct. 5	West Lauderdale *	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Southeast Lauderdale *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 19	Enterprise Clarke	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Philadelphia	0	35	L
Fri., Nov. 2	Bay Springs	21	20	W
Playoffs
	vs. Franklin County	37	7	W	1st Round Playoffs
	vs. Kosciusko	10	0	W	2nd Round Playoffs
	@ Stone	10	14	L	3rd Round Playoffs

1990 Season Totals
Record	10-3
Points Scored	251
Scoring Average	19.3
Points Allowed	120
Defense Average	9.2
Opponents Record	77-68
District Record	4-1
Home Record	2-0
Away Record	0-1

1990 Class 3A District 10 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Newton County	10-3	251	120	2-1	57	21	4-1	69	37	Larry Harms
Forest	7-5	303	121	1-1	50	21	3-2	133	45	Jack French
Southeast Lauderdale	7-4	169	95				2-3	65	82	Dwane Taylor
Newton	5-5	80	123				3-2	47	57	Jim Duncan
Morton	6-4	197	149				3-2	114	68	Johnny Mills
West Lauderdale	2-8	62	233				0-5	9	147	Roger Chism

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