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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: John Cheatham

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1920 <-- 1949 <- 1950 -> 1951 --> 2024

1950 Season Highlights

John Cheatham enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1950 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	Brandon	0	14	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Ackerman *	7	34	L
Fri., Sep. 22	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 29	Louisville *	0	39	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Eupora *	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Canton *	6	42	L
Fri., Oct. 20	Newton *	0	19	L
Fri., Oct. 27	Morton *	39	20	W
Fri., Nov. 3	DeKalb *	7	47	L
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. Macon *	25	28	L

1950 Season Totals
Record	1-8
Points Scored	84
Scoring Average	9.3
Points Allowed	257
Defense Average	28.6
Opponents Record	63-38 -3
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	0-2

1950 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	8-0-1	240	64	6-0-0	195	45	James Brown
Newton	8-2	229	153	4-1-0	118	67	Preston Beatty
Eupora	6-5	199	177	4-3-0	137	119	Grady McCool
DeKalb	9-0	238	37	3-0-0	119	19
Ackerman	6-5	188	109	3-1-0	93	35	Dale Davidson
Union	5-2-1	122	101	3-0-0	43	19	Bill McCurley
Canton	6-4	237	119	2-3-0	88	73	Carlos Langston
Macon	5-5-1	139	174	2-3-0	81	109	Van Brewer
Carthage	4-4-2	120	145	2-3-0	59	92	Jim Pittman
Crystal Springs	6-4	145	128	1-1-0	26	28	Wendell Webb
Morton	3-8	107	255	1-4-0	75	152	Ira Wilson
Forest	2-8	135	229	1-5-0	73	152	A.J. Mangum
Philadelphia	1-8	84	257	1-7-0	84	243	John Cheatham
Quitman	1-4	79	133	0-2-0	32	65	Buddy Madden

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