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Central Jackson Football Team History

Central Jackson Tigers

Central High School

259 N. West Street Jackson, MS
Stadium: Newell Field
Colors: Orange & Black
Coach: Scrap Crawley

1908 <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 1976

1940 Season Highlights

Scrap Crawley enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Central Jackson.

1940 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 20	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 27	vs. Kosciusko	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	@ Clarksdale *	7	19	L
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Tupelo *	18	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. McComb *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Meridian *	6	7	L
Fri., Nov. 1	vs. Canton	59	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Gulfport *	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 15	Fortier LA	41	7	W
Thu., Nov. 28	vs. Vicksburg *	20	6	W

1940 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	197
Scoring Average	21.9
Points Allowed	52
Defense Average	5.8
Opponents Record	57-36 -1
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	1-1

1940 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
McComb	11-1	286	39	7-1-0	163	25	Charles Moore.
Meridian	10-0-1	372	50	7-0-1	210	50	Jim Baxter
Clarksdale	10-1	239	92	6-1-0	134	66	H.C. Jenkins
Laurel	7-3-1	265	57	5-2-1	161	29	G.B. Landrum
Greenville	8-3	257	64	4-3-0	123	57	George Terry
Central Jackson	7-2	197	52	4-2-0	84	45	Scrap Crawley
Greenwood	7-4	185	111	4-3-0	107	78	Gene Chadwick
Hattiesburg	5-5	81	137	2-4-0	27	131	Pinky Rohm
Tupelo	5-7	127	166	2-6-0	80	153	Engle May
Brookhaven	7-3-1	128	125	1-2-0	19	74	Robert L. Therrell
Vicksburg	5-6	202	142	1-6-0	73	142	Al Clemens
Biloxi	2-8-1	56	208	1-3-0	44	107	A.D. Buck Brown
Gulfport	4-7	101	135	0-5-0	0	88	Nick Duncan
Lee	1-11	31	391	0-6-0	19	199	William B. Saunders

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