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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: Howard Willoughby

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1919 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Howard Willoughby enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Canton.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	DeKalb *	13	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Greenwood	0	33	L
Fri., Sep. 20	Quitman *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 4	Philadelphia *	27	14	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Crystal Springs	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Newton *	20	13	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Kosciusko *	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	Louisville *	6	19	L
Fri., Nov. 15	Tallulah LA	12	31	L
Fri., Nov. 22	Yazoo City	0	6	L

1957 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	156
Scoring Average	15.6
Points Allowed	123
Defense Average	12.3
Opponents Record	54-50 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1957 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Union	8-2	241	72	7-2-0	196	72	Bill Wells
Ackerman	6-2-1	154	77	6-2-1	154	77	Prentiss Irvin
Louisville	8-2	185	97	5-2-0	132	71	Ken Lawrence
Canton	6-4	156	123	5-1-0	112	53	Howard Willoughby
Macon	5-3-1	97	97	5-2-0	78	72	A.J. Kilpatrick
Eupora	6-3	180	107	4-2-0	116	68	Leon Garner
DeKalb	6-2-1	163	83	3-2-1	79	69	Jack Holloway
Quitman	4-4	134	112	3-4-0	121	112	Tom Cotten
Newton	4-5	140	147	2-4-0	96	96	Bill Lindsley
Kosciusko	1-9	44	266	1-7-0	38	184	John Ables
Carthage	2-8	111	248	0-6-0	43	177	Frank Sabatini
Philadelphia	1-9	101	218	0-8-0	62	178	Bob Posey

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.