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Bassfield Football Team History

Bassfield Yellow Jackets

Bassfield High School

Bass/Burkett Road Bassfield, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Malcolm Courtney

1948 <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2016

1966 Season Highlights

Malcolm Courtney enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Bassfield.

1966 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. Seminary *	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Sumrall *	39	7	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ West Marion *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Mount Olive	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Lumberton	19	13	W
Fri., Oct. 14	@ New Hebron	33	19	W
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. Collins *	14	12	W
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Prentiss	0	26	L
Fri., Nov. 4	@ Purvis *	20	20	T
Fri., Nov. 11	Purvis *	12	21	L
	Northwest Jones	6	28	L

1966 Season Totals
Record	7-3 -1
Points Scored	177
Scoring Average	16.1
Points Allowed	152
Defense Average	13.8
Opponents Record	59-46 -8
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	3-1 -1

1966 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Bassfield	7-3-1	177	152	4-1-1	112	66	Malcolm Courtney
Seminary	8-1-1	193	32	3-1-1	71	20	Eddie Rodgers
Purvis	7-2-2	249	84	3-0-2	138	38	Latrelle Williams
Collins	3-6-1	157	137	2-2-0	70	32	Jack Bailey
West Marion	2-7	90	209	1-4-0	20	116	Doug Herbert
Sumrall	3-7	120	220	0-5-0	20	159	Johnny Smith

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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.