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Moss Point Football Team History


Moss Point Tigers
Moss Point High School

4924 Church Street Moss Point, MS
Stadium: Jerry Alexander Stadium
Colors: Navy Blue & Gray
Coach: Dick Shields

 

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1925  <-- 1948 <- 1949 -> 1950 --> 2024
1949 Season Highlights
 Dick Shields enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Moss Point.
 
1949 Season
 
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 16  vs. McComb   *  13   20   L       
 Fri., Sep. 23   Biloxi   *  6   6   T       
 Fri., Sep. 30   Gulfport   *  7   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 7   Nichols LA  14   33   L       
 Fri., Oct. 14   Pascagoula   *  21   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 21   Laurel   *  0   7   L       
 Fri., Oct. 28   Natchez-Adams   *  6   7   L       
 Fri., Nov. 4   Meridian   *  6   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 11  @ McGill AL    42   14   W       
 Fri., Nov. 18   Hattiesburg   *  13   25   L       
 
1949 Season Totals
  Record4-5 -1
  Points Scored128
  Scoring Average12.8
  Points Allowed112
  Defense Average11.2
  Opponents Record47-52 -5
  Home Record0-1
  Away Record1-0
  
1949  Big 8 Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Central Jackson 11-03087810-0-028278  Doss Fulton
Hattiesburg 9-1-12061228-1-1192109  Charles Moore.
Laurel 6-3-11571186-3-1157118  Art VanTone
Tupelo 8-33311485-2-0201120  Pickens Noble
Greenville 7-3239925-3-015786  Warren Averitte
Greenwood 7-32801175-3-0222104  Carl Maddox
McComb 6-4-12202135-4-0181195  Sammy Bartling
Brookhaven 8-2267774-2-013659  Hartwell McPhail
Meridian 5-61321174-5-011385  Earl Morgan
Clarksdale 5-62341773-4-0143116  Melvin Hemphill
Moss Point 4-5-11281123-4-17265  Dick Shields
Vicksburg 4-5-11332043-5-1108191  Raymond Ray
Gulfport 4-61151152-5-075102  James Landrum
Natchez-Adams 4-5-11371542-4-166110  A.I. Rexinger
Lee 5-61652251-6-051201  William Bruce
Biloxi 3-6-11101721-5-151158  Edgar Wright
Corinth 1-10993680-6-020241  W.S. Fowler
Pascagoula 1-9382160-6-013135  Thomas Binion



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