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Quitman Football Team History

Quitman Panthers

Quitman High School

210 South Jackson Avenue Quitman, MS
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Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Tom Cotten

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1927 <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights

Tom Cotten enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Quitman.

1960 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	Stonewall	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 9	Newton *	14	19	L
Fri., Sep. 16	Canton *	13	12	W
Fri., Sep. 23	Macon *	7	25	L
Fri., Sep. 30	DeKalb *	12	13	L
Fri., Oct. 7	Union *	18	6	W
Fri., Oct. 14	Philadelphia *	12	6	W
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Enterprise Clarke	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 28	Carthage *	39	7	W
Fri., Nov. 4	Kosciusko *	6	21	L

1960 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	121
Scoring Average	12.1
Points Allowed	122
Defense Average	12.2
Opponents Record	54-38 -6
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-1

1960 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kosciusko	11-0	279	39	10-0-0	265	39	Sim Cooley
Macon	7-2-1	181	71	6-1-1	156	46	A.J. Kilpatrick
DeKalb	7-3	140	91	4-2-0	99	73	Jack Holloway
Newton	6-3-1	112	135	4-1-1	78	66	Bill Lindsley
Quitman	4-6	121	122	4-4-0	121	109	Tom Cotten
Philadelphia	5-4-2	157	125	3-3-2	61	85	Bob Posey
Union	5-3-2	230	119	3-3-1	134	92	G.C. Kirksey
Louisville	4-7	202	205	3-4-0	126	82	Fred Morris
Eupora	2-6-2	112	142	2-4-1	100	123	James E. Nichols
Ackerman	3-7	98	269	1-6-0	47	211	Leon Garner
Carthage	2-8	51	317	0-6-0	20	237	Joe Silveri
Canton	1-8	69	150	0-5-0	43	81	Howard Willoughby

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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.