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Greenville Football Team History


Greenville Hornets
Greenville High School

419 East Robert Shaw Greenville, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: George Terry

 

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1912  <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 2024
1940 Season Highlights
 George Terry enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Greenville.
 
1940 Season
     
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 13  vs. Lake Village AR  47   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 20  vs. Winona    41   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 27  vs. Vicksburg   *  27   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Memphis Central TN  13   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 11  vs. McGhee AR  33   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 18  vs. Clarksdale   *  7   13   L       
 Fri., Oct. 25  @ Tupelo   *  14   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 1  @ Lee   *  18   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 8  vs. Biloxi   *  51   6   W       
 Fri., Nov. 15  vs. McComb   *  0   7   L       
 Fri., Nov. 22  @ Greenwood   *  6   12   L       
 
1940 Season Totals
  Record8-3
  Points Scored257
  Scoring Average23.4
  Points Allowed64
  Defense Average5.8
  Opponents Record51-52 -2
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record3-1
  
1940  Big 8 Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
McComb 11-1286397-1-016325  Charles Moore.
Meridian 10-0-1372507-0-121050  Jim Baxter
Clarksdale 10-1239926-1-013466  H.C. Jenkins
Laurel 7-3-1265575-2-116129  G.B. Landrum
Greenville 8-3257644-3-012357  George Terry
Central Jackson 7-2197524-2-08445  Scrap Crawley
Greenwood 7-41851114-3-010778  Gene Chadwick
Hattiesburg 5-5811372-4-027131  Pinky Rohm
Tupelo 5-71271662-6-080153  Engle May
Brookhaven 7-3-11281251-2-01974  Robert L. Therrell
Vicksburg 5-62021421-6-073142  Al Clemens
Biloxi 2-8-1562081-3-044107  A.D. Buck Brown
Gulfport 4-71011350-5-0088  Nick Duncan
Lee 1-11313910-6-019199  William B. Saunders



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