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Baldwyn Football Team History

Baldwyn Bearcats

Baldwyn High School

512 North Fourth Street Baldwyn, MS
Stadium: Latimer Park
Colors: Navy & Red
Coach: Jimmy Jobe

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1927 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Jimmy Jobe enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Baldwyn.

The Bearcats won the Tombigbee Conference Championship.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Amory	30	6	W
Fri., Sep. 7	Shannon *	19	7	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Fulton *	55	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Okolona *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Kossuth *	33	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Ripley *	25	12	W
Fri., Oct. 12	New Albany	34	19	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Iuka *	72	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Booneville *	27	14	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Nettleton *	49	12	W
Fri., Nov. 16	Calhoun City *	40	0	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	11-0
Points Scored	417
Scoring Average	37.9
Points Allowed	76
Defense Average	6.9
Opponents Record	35-60 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Baldwyn	11-0	417	76	9-0-0	353	51	Jimmy Jobe
Booneville	7-2	256	107	6-2-0	224	95	William Ward
Calhoun City	8-3	276	208	5-1-0	145	116	Otis Shuttles
Ripley	6-2-1	155	123	5-2-1	121	104	John Curlee Jr.
Kossuth	4-3-1	117	108	3-3-1	99	108	Odell Rutherford
Shannon	4-4	140	93	3-4-0	120	80	John Wiygul
Fulton	3-6	77	282	3-5-0	70	220	Othar Crawford
Okolona	1-7	73	186	1-5-0	46	115	Jack Lewis
Iuka	0-8	57	241	0-5-0	32	153
Nettleton	0-9	80	286	0-7-0	63	224	Jack Carlisle

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.