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Newton Football Team History

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Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Preston Beatty

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1930 <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024

1955 Season Highlights

Preston Beatty enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Newton.

1955 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Bay Springs	27	14	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Quitman *	18	13	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. Kosciusko *	7	12	L
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Laurel	0	33	L
Fri., Sep. 30	@ Forest	0	13	L
Fri., Oct. 7	@ Ackerman *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Philadelphia *	0	20	L
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Canton *	13	24	L
Mon., Oct. 31	vs. Louisville *	34	14	W
Fri., Nov. 4	Enterprise Clarke	13	36	L
Fri., Nov. 11	OPEN

1955 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	138
Scoring Average	13.8
Points Allowed	185
Defense Average	18.5
Opponents Record	66-44 -4
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-3

1955 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Canton	8-2	216	59	7-0-0	180	39	Bobby Wilson
Philadelphia	8-2	240	78	7-1-0	221	57	Billy Jarrell
Kosciusko	6-5	224	156	6-2-0	197	92	Jack Warner
Eupora	7-2-1	251	104	4-1-1	170	58	Hollis Rutter
Carthage	5-4	149	152	4-2-0	117	99	Walter Ahrens
Quitman	5-4	231	136	3-3-0	153	93	Tom Cotten
Newton	4-6	138	185	3-3-0	98	89	Preston Beatty
Ackerman	4-6	123	190	2-5-0	97	142	Prentiss Irvin
Louisville	3-7-1	134	278	2-4-1	88	156	Hugh Walker
DeKalb	3-7-1	116	255	1-5-1	33	171	Wesley Grisham
Union	3-7-1	144	321	1-6-1	79	230	Grady McCool
Macon	1-10	85	272	0-8-0	39	246	Flavius Alford

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