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Shannon Football Team History

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Shannon High School

218 Cherry Street Shannon, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: James Sloan

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1928 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

James Sloan enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Shannon.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	New Hope	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Calhoun City *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Nettleton *	3	6	L
Fri., Sep. 27	Fulton *	9	7	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Booneville *	12	23	L
Fri., Oct. 11	Ripley *	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Caledonia	54	8	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Baldwyn *	7	14	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Okolona *	7	14	L
Thu., Nov. 7	@ Kossuth *	13	6	W
Fri., Nov. 15	Saltillo	28	2	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	6-5
Points Scored	180
Scoring Average	16.4
Points Allowed	101
Defense Average	9.2
Opponents Record	52-45 -8
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1968 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Okolona	8-1-1	285	54	7-1-0	252	54	Charles Faulkner
Ripley	8-2-1	257	158	5-2-1	190	120	Joe Mathis
Booneville	7-3	233	113	5-3-0	164	93	Jim Drewry
Baldwyn	6-2-1	211	115	5-2-1	160	115	C.L. Shelton
Fulton	6-2-2	160	73	5-1-2	140	57	Ben Jones
Shannon	6-5	180	101	3-5-0	85	91	James Sloan
Nettleton	3-6-1	121	245	2-5-1	85	226	Don Whitlock
Kossuth	1-7	31	202	1-7-0	31	202	Tommy Suggs
Calhoun City	2-7-1	92	210	0-7-1	54	203	Billy Cook

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