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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 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024

1962 Season Highlights

Tom Cotten enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Quitman.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	West Point	6	13	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Newton *	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 21	Bay Springs	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Noxubee County *	8	20	L
Fri., Oct. 5	DeKalb *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Union *	56	6	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Philadelphia *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Louisville *	0	25	L
Fri., Nov. 2	Carthage *	25	0	W
Fri., Nov. 16	Kosciusko *	6	27	L

1962 Season Totals
Record	4-5 -1
Points Scored	121
Scoring Average	12.1
Points Allowed	104
Defense Average	10.4
Opponents Record	47-46 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1962 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	10-1	388	81	7-0-0	274	41	Fred Morris
Noxubee County	8-2	285	65	6-1-0	214	40	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	7-3	156	163	6-2-0	96	117	Bob Posey
Kosciusko	7-3	240	106	5-3-0	197	100	Larry Thomas
DeKalb	4-5-1	93	131	3-5-0	68	118	Don Goodwin
Quitman	4-5-1	121	104	3-4-1	102	91	Tom Cotten
Eupora	2-6-1	85	187	1-4-1	45	154	James E. Nichols
Newton	2-6-1	94	183	1-4-1	45	109	Bill Lindsley
Carthage	1-8-1	65	275	1-5-1	58	189	Leland Harrison
Union	0-8	53	281	0-5-0	40	180	G.C. Kirksey

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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.