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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Bob Posey

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1920 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Bob Posey enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Ackerman *	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Macon *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 20	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 27	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 4	Canton *	14	27	L
Fri., Oct. 11	Kosciusko *	12	18	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Quitman *	12	28	L
Fri., Oct. 25	DeKalb *	10	13	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Union *	12	35	L
Fri., Nov. 8	Newton *	2	38	L
Fri., Nov. 15	Waynesboro	33	19	W
Fri., Nov. 22	Louisville	6	21	L

1957 Season Totals
Record	1-9
Points Scored	101
Scoring Average	10.1
Points Allowed	218
Defense Average	21.8
Opponents Record	60-47 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1957 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Union	8-2	241	72	7-2-0	196	72	Bill Wells
Ackerman	6-2-1	154	77	6-2-1	154	77	Prentiss Irvin
Louisville	8-2	185	97	5-2-0	132	71	Ken Lawrence
Canton	6-4	156	123	5-1-0	112	53	Howard Willoughby
Macon	5-3-1	97	97	5-2-0	78	72	A.J. Kilpatrick
Eupora	6-3	180	107	4-2-0	116	68	Leon Garner
DeKalb	6-2-1	163	83	3-2-1	79	69	Jack Holloway
Quitman	4-4	134	112	3-4-0	121	112	Tom Cotten
Newton	4-5	140	147	2-4-0	96	96	Bill Lindsley
Kosciusko	1-9	44	266	1-7-0	38	184	John Ables
Carthage	2-8	111	248	0-6-0	43	177	Frank Sabatini
Philadelphia	1-9	101	218	0-8-0	62	178	Bob Posey

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