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Grenada Football Team History

Grenada Chargers

Grenada High School

1875 Fairgrounds Road Grenada, MS
Stadium: Charger Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & Scarlett
Coach: Bob Ellard

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1916 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Bob Ellard enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Grenada.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Indianola	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Houston *	12	7	W
Fri., Sep. 21	West Point *	19	6	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Amory *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Starkville *	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 12	Pontotoc *	37	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	University *	12	7	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Aberdeen *	14	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Winona	0	6	L
Fri., Nov. 9	New Albany *	0	0	T
Fri., Nov. 16	East Tallahatchie	13	26	L

1956 Season Totals
Record	7-3 -1
Points Scored	146
Scoring Average	13.3
Points Allowed	79
Defense Average	7.2
Opponents Record	50-52 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	281	76	8-0-0	234	70	Jack Nix
Grenada	7-3-1	146	79	6-1-1	120	47	Bob Ellard
West Point	6-2-2	180	71	5-2-1	141	59	Ben Ruscoe
Aberdeen	5-4	183	157	4-4-0	145	143	John Tidwell
Houston	5-5	196	197	4-4-0	142	136	Joe Brigance
University	4-4-1	164	134	4-4-0	157	127	A.W. Carpenter
New Albany	2-5-2	108	136	2-4-2	89	102	Roy Johnston
Pontotoc	2-8	116	290	1-8-0	92	277	Joe Silveri
Amory	0-11	74	286	0-8-0	56	221	Melvin Waters

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