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Meridian Football Team History

Meridian Wildcats

Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Jim Baxter

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1908 <-- 1935 <- 1936 -> 1937 --> 2024

1936 Season Highlights

Jim Baxter enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Meridian.

1936 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 18	West Point	36	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Newton	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Gulfport *	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Brookhaven *	37	7	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Quitman	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Vicksburg *	6	20	L
Fri., Oct. 30	Hattiesburg *	7	8	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Laurel *	21	7	W
Fri., Nov. 13	Biloxi *	0	0	T
Thu., Nov. 26	Central Jackson *	19	13	W

1936 Season Totals
Record	7-2 -1
Points Scored	177
Scoring Average	17.7
Points Allowed	55
Defense Average	5.5
Opponents Record	45-46 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1936 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Central Jackson	9-1	217	32	6-1-0	110	26	Frank Broyles
Vicksburg	8-3	255	48	4-3-0	139	42	Al Clemens
Meridian	7-2-1	177	55	4-2-1	122	55	Jim Baxter
Hattiesburg	6-3-1	158	60	4-3-1	101	60	W.D. Burnett
McComb	6-4-1	246	87	3-2-1	95	45	Charles Moore.
Gulfport	5-5-1	135	131	3-5-0	32	125	Bryan Smith
Laurel	5-6	151	105	3-5-0	75	71	M. M. Caver
Brookhaven	3-7-1	97	275	1-6-0	35	256
Biloxi	0-10	191	42	0-4-0	6	35	Albert Rexinger

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