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Pelahatchie Football Team History

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Pelahatchie High School

213 Brooks Street Pelahatchie, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & Silver
Coach: Lester Baucum

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1930 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024

1962 Season Highlights

Lester Baucum enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Pelahatchie.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Utica	8	20	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Bentonia *	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 21	Madison-Ridgeland *	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Benton *	7	18	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Flora *	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 12	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 19	Pinola *	13	34	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Mississippi School for the Deaf *	46	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Puckett *	6	14	L
Fri., Nov. 9	OPEN

1962 Season Totals
Record	1-6 -1
Points Scored	92
Scoring Average	11.5
Points Allowed	112
Defense Average	14.0
Opponents Record	47-41 -6
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1962 Capital Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Benton	7-3	205	87	6-2-0	185	49	M.M. Gordon
Pinola	7-4	175	172	6-2-0	150	98	Bobby Jones.
Madison-Ridgeland	6-2-1	158	92	6-1-1	158	74	Howard Willoughby
Puckett	6-2-1	161	72	5-2-1	140	72	Durwood Graham
Bentonia	5-3-1	78	108	4-3-1	71	102	Joe Glorioso
Terry High	3-6-1	106	121	3-3-1	78	48	Billy Newman
Flora	1-7-1	46	180	1-6-1	46	142	Robert Box
Pelahatchie	1-6-1	92	112	1-5-1	84	92	Lester Baucum
Mississippi School for the Deaf	0-9	34	288	0-8-0	20	255	Cecil Davis

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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.