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Vicksburg Football Team History

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Vicksburg High School

3701 Drummond Street Vicksburg, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Rush McKay

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1912 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Rush McKay enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Vicksburg.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 11	Provine *	40	18	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Wingfield *	7	29	L
Fri., Sep. 25	Central Jackson *	0	20	L
Fri., Oct. 2	Natchez-Adams *	19	16	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Murrah *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 16	McComb *	12	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Yazoo City *	0	25	L
Fri., Oct. 30	Brookhaven *	7	14	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Greenville	19	3	W
Fri., Nov. 20	Callaway *	28	29	L

1970 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	145
Scoring Average	14.5
Points Allowed	168
Defense Average	16.8
Opponents Record	50-50 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1970 Big 8 C Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Murrah	10-1	220	67	9-0-0	192	60	Jack Carlisle
Callaway	8-2-1	176	87	7-1-1	146	68	Buddy Crosby
Central Jackson	8-3	244	104	7-2-0	218	77	Bob Stevens
Wingfield	7-3-1	233	114	6-2-1	194	81	Ennis Proctor
Yazoo City	5-4-1	196	152	4-4-1	177	139	Jerry Brown
Vicksburg	4-6	145	168	3-6-0	126	165	Rush McKay
McComb	2-8	119	193	2-7-0	98	164	Jimmy Robertson
Provine	2-8	108	344	2-7-0	108	291	John Ladner
Natchez-Adams	2-7-1	150	207	2-6-1	150	186	Ed Reed
Brookhaven	1-9	114	338	1-8-0	114	298	Douglas Sullivan

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