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South Panola Football Team History

South Panola Tigers

South Panola High School

601 Tiger Drive Batesville, MS
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Colors: Blue & Red
Coach: Darrel Arnold

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1931 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024

1973 Season Highlights

Darrel Arnold enters his 4th season as Head Coach at South Panola.

The Tigers won the Chickasaw Conference Championship.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Oxford	12	19	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Hernando *	29	0	W
Fri., Sep. 21	North Panola *
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Olive Branch *	31	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Horn Lake *	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	New Albany	18	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Holly Springs *	48	6	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Grenada	9	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Southaven *	28	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Charleston	53	18	W

1973 Season Totals
Record	8-1
Points Scored	263
Scoring Average	29.2
Points Allowed	63
Defense Average	7.0
Opponents Record	42-48 -6
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1973 Chickasaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
South Panola	8-1	263	63	5-0-0	171	6	Darrel Arnold
Hernando	6-3	159	112	4-2-0	96	72	Albert Owen
Southaven	6-4	177	91	4-2-0	74	46
Olive Branch	3-7	76	279	3-3-0	69	96	Jesse Weeks
Holly Springs	6-4	125	126	2-4-0	89	106
Horn Lake	2-7	124	176	1-5-0	78	142	Thomas Malone
North Panola	1-7	62	317	1-4-0	54	163

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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.