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Amory Football Team History

Amory Panthers

Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Melvin Waters

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1919 <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024

1955 Season Highlights

Melvin Waters enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Amory.

The Panthers set a team record for points allowed in a game with 60.

The Panthers set a team record for margin in a defeat by allowing 60 points.

1955 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Pontotoc *	7	19	L
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. New Albany *	0	19	L
Sat., Sep. 24	@ Tupelo	0	59	L
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Grenada *	0	19	L
Fri., Oct. 7	@ University *	7	12	L
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Houston *	13	32	L
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. West Point *	0	39	L
Fri., Oct. 28	Vardaman	20	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Starkville *	0	60	L
Fri., Nov. 11	@ Aberdeen *	7	47	L

1955 Season Totals
Record	1-9
Points Scored	54
Scoring Average	5.4
Points Allowed	306
Defense Average	30.6
Opponents Record	55-41 -1
Home Record	0-5
Away Record	0-4

1955 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	332	34	8-0-0	277	20	Walter Scales
West Point	9-1	286	73	7-1-0	214	66	Ben Ruscoe
Aberdeen	8-3	218	117	6-2-0	159	92	Bert Thompson
New Albany	7-3	196	96	5-3-0	156	89	Roy Johnston
Houston	4-6	175	222	3-5-0	141	177	Joe Brigance
Grenada	3-7	124	202	3-4-0	109	136	Bob Ellard
University	3-7	115	277	2-6-0	103	251	A.W. Carpenter
Pontotoc	2-8	92	214	0-7-0	40	193	Joe Silveri
Amory	1-9	54	306	0-8-0	34	247	Melvin Waters

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Murphy and Theodore battled through seven overtimes before the Panthers came out on top 33-26 in 1979.