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Yazoo City Football Team History

Yazoo City Indians

Yazoo City High School

1825 Martin Luther King Drive Yazoo City, MS
Stadium: Crump Athletic Field
Colors: Red & Black
Coach: Howard Woods

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1905 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Howard Woods enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Yazoo City.

The Indians won the Delta Valley Conference Championship.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Belzoni *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	Indianola *	12	0	W
Fri., Sep. 21	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 28	Winona *	12	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Drew *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Vicksburg	0	20	L
Fri., Oct. 19	Kosciusko	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Columbia	8	0	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Cleveland *	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Canton	46	6	W
Fri., Nov. 16	Leland *	28	7	W
Fri., Nov. 23	West Tallahatchie *	18	6	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	238
Scoring Average	21.6
Points Allowed	39
Defense Average	3.5
Opponents Record	55-61 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Yazoo City	10-1	238	39	7-0-0	163	13	Howard Woods
West Tallahatchie	8-3	217	94	7-2-0	198	81	Bernard Blackwell
Winona	8-2	185	70	5-2-0	126	58	Doug Brown
Cleveland	4-6-1	146	179	4-5-0	140	160	Gene Meadows
East Tallahatchie	6-4	188	183	3-4-0	117	156	John Woolly
Batesville	6-2-2	190	149	3-2-1	93	110	Lawrence Mullins
Leland	3-7	105	158	3-5-0	98	118	Fred Morris
Belzoni	4-6	112	162	2-6-0	85	162	Roy Rodgers Brashier
Drew	2-7-1	90	211	2-6-1	90	204	Ray Shepherd
Indianola	2-7	72	132	2-6-0	72	119	Hugh Walker

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