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Carthage Football Team History

Carthage Tigers

Carthage High School

704 North Jordan Street Carthage, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Leland Harrison

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1928 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2010

1962 Season Highlights

Leland Harrison enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Carthage.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Noxubee County *	0	64	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Brandon	0	25	L
Fri., Sep. 21	Neshoba Central	7	27	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Philadelphia *	0	20	L
Fri., Oct. 5	Union *	39	14	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Eupora *	13	13	T
Fri., Oct. 19	Kosciusko *	0	41	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Forest	0	34	L
Fri., Nov. 2	Quitman *	0	25	L
Fri., Nov. 9	DeKalb *	6	12	L

1962 Season Totals
Record	1-8 -1
Points Scored	65
Scoring Average	6.5
Points Allowed	275
Defense Average	27.5
Opponents Record	43-48 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1962 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	10-1	388	81	7-0-0	274	41	Fred Morris
Noxubee County	8-2	285	65	6-1-0	214	40	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	7-3	156	163	6-2-0	96	117	Bob Posey
Kosciusko	7-3	240	106	5-3-0	197	100	Larry Thomas
DeKalb	4-5-1	93	131	3-5-0	68	118	Don Goodwin
Quitman	4-5-1	121	104	3-4-1	102	91	Tom Cotten
Eupora	2-6-1	85	187	1-4-1	45	154	James E. Nichols
Newton	2-6-1	94	183	1-4-1	45	109	Bill Lindsley
Carthage	1-8-1	65	275	1-5-1	58	189	Leland Harrison
Union	0-8	53	281	0-5-0	40	180	G.C. Kirksey

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