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Meridian Football Team History

Meridian Wildcats

Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Dave Owens

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1908 <-- 1957 <- 1958 -> 1959 --> 2024

1958 Season Highlights

Dave Owens enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Meridian.

1958 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 12	Gulfport	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 19	vs. Laurel	7	0	W
Fri., Sep. 26	@ Hattiesburg	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 3	Tupelo *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 17	Taylorsville	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 24	Vicksburg *	13	7	W
Sat., Nov. 1	Lee *	13	6	W
Fri., Nov. 7	Corinth *	41	6	W
Fri., Nov. 14	Murrah *	21	14	W
Thu., Nov. 27	Central Jackson *	15	0	W

1958 Season Totals
Record	7-2 -1
Points Scored	144
Scoring Average	14.4
Points Allowed	46
Defense Average	4.6
Opponents Record	51-44 -6
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-1

1958 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenville	10-0	203	46	8-0-0	155	27	Hartwell McPhail
Greenwood	9-1	234	33	7-1-0	177	33	Bobby Wilson
Meridian	7-2-1	144	46	5-0-1	103	33	Dave Owens
Murrah	6-4	110	106	4-4-0	84	99	James E. Merritt
Lee	6-5	167	109	3-5-0	76	97	Hal Easterwood
Central Jackson	3-7	148	148	3-5-0	134	102	Curtis Allen
Vicksburg	5-5	116	108	2-5-0	70	95	Gene Allen
Corinth	4-7	91	175	1-6-0	32	130	Harold Wesson
Tupelo	5-4-1	80	117	0-1-0	2	20	Jim Ingram
Clarksdale	0-10	24	240	0-9-0	24	220	Hank Steinriede

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