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Canton Football Team History

Canton Tigers

Canton High School

634 Finney Road Canton, MS
Stadium: Roberts Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
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1919 <-- 1948 <- 1949 -> 1950 --> 2024

1949 Season Highlights

The Head Coach is unknown.

1949 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 9	Forest Hill	18	6	W
Fri., Sep. 16	Winona *	45	6	W
Fri., Sep. 23	Ackerman *	7	7	T
Fri., Sep. 30	Philadelphia *	22	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	Crystal Springs *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 14	Kosciusko *	0	26	L
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Newton *	12	13	L
Fri., Nov. 4	Clinton	24	20	W
Fri., Nov. 11	Louisville *	26	34	L
Fri., Nov. 18	Columbia	21	0	W
Fri., Nov. 25	Yazoo City	26	19	W

1949 Season Totals
Record	7-3 -1
Points Scored	220
Scoring Average	20.0
Points Allowed	137
Defense Average	12.5
Opponents Record	63-49 -4
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	0-0

1949 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kosciusko	13-0	423	112	7-0-0	237	44	Robert Hardison
Louisville	8-3	293	151	7-1-0	236	99	James Brown
Eupora	6-3	253	114	4-2-0	181	70	Grady McCool
Canton	7-3-1	220	137	3-3-1	131	92
Newton	6-5	169	194	3-3-0	104	109	Preston Beatty
Philadelphia	6-5	204	181	3-5-0	105	163	Jack Warner
Carthage	4-4-1	104	138	3-2-1	78	86	Robert Carter
Ackerman	3-5-1	127	138	3-4-1	114	119	Dale Davidson
Macon	6-6	173	201	2-3-0	61	94	Van Brewer
Union	6-2-2	217	96	1-1-1	61	38	Bill McCurley
Crystal Springs	4-4-1	137	84	1-2-0	50	32	Wendell Webb
Morton	3-4-1	107	196	1-3-0	61	145
Forest	1-5-1	72	169	0-4-0	33	117	A.J. Mangum
Quitman	0-3	0	143	0-3-0	0	143	Sawyer Sims
Winona	0-10	36	348	0-3-0	6	90

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