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Canton Football Team History

Canton Tigers

Canton High School

634 Finney Road Canton, MS
Stadium: Roberts Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
Coach: Wesley Reed

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1919 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Wesley Reed enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Canton.

The Tigers won the Little Dixie Conference Championship.

The Tigers set a team record by winning 9 games.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Kosciusko	21	6	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Forest *	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Florence *	31	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Brandon *	30	6	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Morton *	10	7	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Forest Hill *	30	12	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Clinton *	13	20	L
Fri., Oct. 25	Crystal Springs	38	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Magee	13	14	L
Fri., Nov. 8	Pearl *	18	0	W
Fri., Nov. 22	vs. Prentiss	28	6	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	259
Scoring Average	23.5
Points Allowed	71
Defense Average	6.5
Opponents Record	59-52
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1968 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Canton	9-2	259	71	6-1-0	159	45	Wesley Reed
Morton	9-1	258	48	6-1-0	181	36	Reggie Robertson
Pearl	9-2	203	104	5-2-0	137	75	Joel Hudson
Forest	8-3	268	119	4-3-0	144	106	Kenneth Bramlett
Clinton	7-3	136	109	4-3-0	75	96	Roy Burkett
Florence	3-7	39	170	2-5-0	26	129	Sam Newman
Forest Hill	1-9	118	193	1-6-0	106	152	Billy Templeton
Brandon	0-10	46	260	0-7-0	26	215	Phil Flynn
	South
Prentiss	6-5	184	143	6-1-0	151	56	Tommy Alexander
Magee	7-3	191	52	5-1-0	126	25	Malcolm Nesmith
Hazlehurst	5-4	170	161	3-3-0	97	128	Emmett Smith
Crystal Springs	4-5	97	132	3-3-0	70	68	Leon Canoy
Columbia	4-6	155	137	2-4-0	96	91	Jerry Wilkinson
Warren Central	4-6	82	130	2-2-0	28	48	Dewey Partridge
Mendenhall	3-7	70	178	2-5-0	58	144	Ralph Sanders
Monticello	2-8	110	170	1-5-0	52	118	Harold Morris

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