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Newton Football Team History

Newton Tigers

Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: James Nelson

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1930 <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024

1965 Season Highlights

James Nelson enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Newton.

1965 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	Morton	6	25	L
Fri., Sep. 10	Quitman *	6	20	L
Fri., Sep. 17	DeKalb *	36	7	W
Fri., Sep. 24	Kosciusko *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Eupora *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Forest	32	7	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Louisville *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Bay Springs	39	20	W
Fri., Oct. 29	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 5	Philadelphia *	15	19	L
Mon., Nov. 15	vs. Union *	28	14	W

1965 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	232
Scoring Average	23.2
Points Allowed	112
Defense Average	11.2
Opponents Record	42-66 -2
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1965 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Noxubee County	9-0	161	40	6-0-0	96	26	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	8-2	136	74	6-2-0	102	74	Bob Posey
Ackerman	9-1	256	28	5-1-0	150	21	Billy Newman
Newton	7-3	232	112	5-2-0	155	60	James Nelson
Quitman	7-2-1	150	31	5-2-0	112	31	William Boone
Louisville	4-5	80	108	3-3-0	59	71	Jack Warner
DeKalb	5-5	126	167	2-5-0	61	161	Gerald Poole
Eupora	3-7	116	197	2-5-0	83	136	Doug Sullivan
Kosciusko	3-7	114	153	2-6-0	82	120	Larry Thomas
Union	4-7	153	188	1-4-0	55	101	Bill Darnell
Carthage	1-9	68	285	0-7-0	43	197	Leland Harrison

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