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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jonathan Carnes

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1933 <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024

1996 Season Highlights

Jonathan Carnes enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Ripley.

The Tigers finished 2nd in District 1.

1996 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 30	OPEN
Thu., Sep. 5	@ Falkner	25	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. South Pontotoc	30	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Shannon *	0	39	L
Fri., Sep. 27	vs. New Albany *	25	19	W
Fri., Oct. 4	@ Caledonia *	55	6	W
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Corinth *	49	10	W
Fri., Oct. 18	@ Amory *	42	30	W
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Pontotoc *	28	27	W (OT)
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Kossuth *	35	7	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Saltillo *	28	12	W
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 15	@ Water Valley	7	19	L	1st Round Playoffs

1996 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	324
Scoring Average	29.5
Points Allowed	176
Defense Average	16.0
Opponents Record	60-64
District Record	7-1
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	5-1

1996 Class 3A District 1 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Shannon	12-2	588	254	4-0	183	102	7-1	352	132	Mike Scott
Ripley	9-2	324	176	0-1	7	19	7-1	262	150	Jonathan Carnes
Amory	10-1	458	157				7-1	356	143	Bobby Hall
Pontotoc	8-3	376	124				5-3	259	98	Dennis Robbins
Kossuth	6-5	282	250				4-4	213	217	Charlie Dampeer
New Albany	5-5	261	203				3-5	188	189	Terry Allen
Saltillo	3-7	188	346				2-6	140	307	Craig Cherry
Corinth	1-9	128	377				1-7	121	322	Perry Murphy
Caledonia	0-11	70	497				0-8	64	396	James Reed

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