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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jamie Mitchell

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1933 <-- 1996 <- 1997 -> 1998 --> 2024

1997 Season Highlights

Jamie Mitchell enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Ripley.

The Tigers finished 4th in District 1.

1997 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Thu., Aug. 28	vs. Amory	6	43	L
Fri., Sep. 5	vs. Falkner	16	28	L
Fri., Sep. 12	@ Holly Springs	24	8	W
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. New Hope	28	14	W
Fri., Sep. 26	@ Oxford	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Saltillo *	28	6	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Kossuth *	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 17	vs. New Albany *	21	14	W
Fri., Oct. 24	@ Pontotoc *	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Alcorn Central *	41	17	W
Fri., Nov. 7	@ Corinth *	42	15	W

1997 Season Totals
Record	6-5
Points Scored	226
Scoring Average	20.5
Points Allowed	214
Defense Average	19.5
Opponents Record	59-63
District Record	4-2
Home Record	3-3
Away Record	3-2

1997 Class 3A District 1 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pontotoc	9-4	298	161	2-1	35	27	6-0	191	37	Dennis Robbins
New Albany	4-7	209	194	0-1	3	14	4-2	133	71	Terry Allen
Kossuth	6-4	294	181				4-2	162	89	Charlie Dampeer
Ripley	6-5	226	214				4-2	152	107	Jamie Mitchell
Saltillo	3-8	127	290				2-4	53	158	Craig Cherry
Alcorn Central	2-9	120	290				1-5	65	161	Andy Greening
Corinth	2-9	129	265				0-6	33	165	Perry Murphy

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