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Tupelo Football Team History

Tupelo Golden Wave

Tupelo High School

4125 Cliff Gookin Blvd. Tupelo, MS
Stadium: Renasant Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: J.A. Long

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1919 <-- 1930 <- 1931 -> 1932 --> 2024

1931 Season Highlights

J.A. Long enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Tupelo.

1931 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Whitehaven TN	0	12	L
Fri., Sep. 25	University	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Okolona *	28	6	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Memphis Tech TN	0	44	L
Fri., Oct. 16	Houston *	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Corinth *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Amory *	6	7	L
Fri., Nov. 6	West Point *	31	6	W
Fri., Nov. 13
Fri., Nov. 20	vs. Aberdeen *	21	0	W

1931 Season Totals
Record	6-3
Points Scored	173
Scoring Average	19.2
Points Allowed	75
Defense Average	8.3
Opponents Record	38-36 -4
Home Record	2-0
Away Record	0-0

1931 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	8-0	236	49	6-0-0	183	30	H.C. Jenkins
Aberdeen	7-2	174	59	5-2-0	72	59	Sid Scales
Tupelo	6-3	173	75	5-1-0	139	19	J.A. Long
Houston	6-2	119	68	4-2-0	61	61	Pickens Noble
Corinth	8-1	174	37	3-1-0	81	25	Cecil Meyers
Pontotoc	3-6	64	148	3-3-0	45	97	Joe Edwards.
West Point	3-6-1	77	162	3-6-0	77	162	David Ivy Dodenhoff
New Albany	3-1	90	13	1-1-0	45	13
Lee	1-6	30	118	0-4-0	12	79	William B. Saunders
Starkville	1-4	36	84	0-4-0	12	72
Okolona	0-8	43	170	0-6-0	24	134	J.C. Brister

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