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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: Billy Cooper

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1919 <-- 1963 <- 1964 -> 1965 --> 2024

1964 Season Highlights

Billy Cooper enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Canton.

1964 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 11	Forest *	23	13	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Florence *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Brandon *	18	6	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Morton *	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Forest Hill *	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 16	Clinton *	13	20	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Crystal Springs	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Pearl *	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Kosciusko	14	26	L
Fri., Nov. 13	Yazoo City	7	20	L

1964 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	140
Scoring Average	14.0
Points Allowed	132
Defense Average	13.2
Opponents Record	49-50 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1964 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Morton	9-2	181	72	6-1-0	123	51	Dale Brasher
Forest Hill	7-3-1	172	66	5-1-1	141	41	Tom Cheney
Brandon	6-2-2	162	91	4-2-1	103	64	Louis Strickland
Canton	5-5	140	132	4-3-0	112	86	Billy Cooper
Forest	4-6	123	163	3-4-0	76	105	Pat Waren
Pearl	4-6	140	111	3-4-0	90	71	Bob Parker
Clinton	3-7	115	199	2-5-0	88	141	Roy Burkett
Florence	0-10	69	289	0-7-0	54	228	Billy Templeton
	South
Magee	7-2	132	55	5-0-0	97	26	Malcolm Nesmith
Mendenhall	7-2-1	197	41	4-1-0	100	21	Carroll Greer
Crystal Springs	6-4	172	85	2-3-0	79	46	Wade Alexander
Prentiss	6-4-1	153	105	2-2-1	63	55	Kenneth Bramlett
Hazlehurst	3-6-1	87	106	1-3-1	31	59	Charles Callaway
Monticello	2-8	69	253	0-5-0	6	169	Rex Dawsey

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