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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Bob Tyler

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1917 <-- 1963 <- 1964 -> 1965 --> 2024

1964 Season Highlights

Bob Tyler enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Okolona.

The Chieftains won the Tombigbee Conference Championship.

1964 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Amory	26	6	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Fulton *	24	12	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Booneville *	27	12	W
Fri., Sep. 25	South Tippah *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Nettleton *	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Baldwyn *	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Houston	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Kossuth *	55	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Shannon *	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Calhoun City *	40	0	W
Fri., Nov. 20	Grenada	21	7	W

1964 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	300
Scoring Average	27.3
Points Allowed	43
Defense Average	3.9
Opponents Record	48-56 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1964 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Okolona	10-1	300	43	8-0-0	253	24	Bob Tyler
Fulton	7-2-1	189	97	6-2-0	168	84	Ben Jones
Ripley	7-3	221	110	6-2-0	181	80	Jack Harris
Calhoun City	5-4-1	116	143	5-3-0	104	119	Jim Deakle
Baldwyn	4-5	89	101	4-4-0	76	82	Ralph Mitchell
Shannon	3-5-1	100	145	3-5-0	93	138
Booneville	3-7	154	192	2-6-0	115	172	Douglas Herbert
Nettleton	3-6	109	165	2-6-0	76	153
Kossuth	0-10	38	312	0-8-0	25	238	Lex Rhodes

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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.