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Forest Football Team History

Forest Bearcats

Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: Billy Ray Adams

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1926 <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024

1965 Season Highlights

Billy Ray Adams enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Forest.

The Bearcats set a team record for losses in a season with 10.

1965 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Mendenhall	6	46	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Canton *	0	19	L
Fri., Sep. 17	Brandon *	13	42	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Clinton *	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 1	Pearl *	0	26	L
Fri., Oct. 8	Newton	7	32	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Forest Hill *	13	40	L
Fri., Oct. 22	Kosciusko	7	19	L
Fri., Oct. 29	Florence *	14	19	L
Fri., Nov. 5	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 12	Morton *	7	34	L

1965 Season Totals
Record	0-10
Points Scored	67
Scoring Average	6.7
Points Allowed	310
Defense Average	31.0
Opponents Record	64-47 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1965 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Canton	8-3	173	73	6-1-0	107	20	Billy Cooper
Forest Hill	9-2	221	61	5-2-0	131	55	Tom Cheney
Clinton	7-3	193	78	4-3-0	124	72	Roy Burkett
Morton	6-3-1	147	86	4-2-1	108	61	Dale Brasher
Pearl	6-4-1	119	102	4-2-1	72	48	Robert Neblett
Brandon	4-6	170	146	3-4-0	118	103	Louis Strickland
Florence	3-7	92	213	1-6-0	38	173	Mike Vinson
Forest	0-10	67	310	0-7-0	47	213	Billy Ray Adams
	South
Magee	11-0	293	6	5-0-0	144	6	Malcolm Nesmith
Hazlehurst	6-4	118	126	4-1-0	79	60	Charles Callaway
Mendenhall	8-2	157	80	3-2-0	36	61	Carroll Greer
Monticello	5-5	140	150	1-4-0	35	103	Rex Dawsey
Prentiss	4-6	133	118	1-4-0	54	72	Kenneth Bramlett
Crystal Springs	2-8	101	172	1-4-0	55	101	Leon Canoy

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.