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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: Charles Garrett

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1908 <-- 1971 <- 1972 -> 1973 --> 2024

1972 Season Highlights

Charles Garrett enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Meridian.

1972 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	Picayune *	33	7	W
Fri., Sep. 15	Gulfport *	0	17	L
Sat., Sep. 30	Gulfport East *	19	12	W
Fri., Oct. 6	Greenville	20	21	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Southaven	54	12	W
Fri., Oct. 20	Laurel *	7	14	L
Fri., Oct. 27	Hattiesburg *	27	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	Pascagoula *	35	7	W
Fri., Nov. 10	Moss Point *	6	10	L
Fri., Nov. 17	Biloxi *	7	7	T

1972 Season Totals
Record	5-4 -1
Points Scored	208
Scoring Average	20.8
Points Allowed	113
Defense Average	11.3
Opponents Record	55-39 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1972 Big 8 S Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Gulfport	10-0	255	75	8-0-0	215	63	Leon Regal
Moss Point	8-1-1	165	79	6-1-1	115	60	Billy Wayne Miller
Biloxi	7-1-2	255	114	5-1-2	191	108	Joe Sabbatini
Laurel	7-3	236	115	5-3-0	191	103	George Blair
Meridian	5-4-1	208	113	4-3-1	134	80	Charles Garrett
Pascagoula	4-5	109	169	3-5-0	80	166	Aubrey Rozell
Gulfport East	2-7	93	203	2-6-0	81	176	Jimmy Tucker
Hattiesburg	2-8	111	207	1-7-0	76	173	Buddy Gardner
Picayune	1-9	111	248	0-8-0	81	235	Dewey Partridge

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