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Independence Football Team History

Independence Wildcats

Independence High School

505 Sycamore Road Independence, MS
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Colors: Red & Black
Coach: Tommy Hill

1957 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024

1973 Season Highlights

Tommy Hill enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Independence.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Byhalia	28	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 21	Coldwater *	42	0	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Walnut	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Lafayette *	13	35	L
Fri., Oct. 12	Coffeeville *	31	7	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Senatobia *	16	34	L
Fri., Oct. 26	Water Valley *	6	8	L
Fri., Nov. 2	Bruce *	19	13	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Calhoun City *	32	0	W

1973 Season Totals
Record	6-3
Points Scored	194
Scoring Average	21.6
Points Allowed	97
Defense Average	10.8
Opponents Record	30-54 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1973 Tri-Lakes Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Senatobia	8-1	325	101	7-0-0	290	60	Dale Burt
Lafayette	6-5	275	164	6-1-0	222	68	Jim Buck Aven
Water Valley	5-3-1	219	171	5-2-0	185	135	Bobby Clark
Independence	6-3	194	97	4-3-0	159	97	Tommy Hill
Bruce	3-7	175	233	3-4-0	148	136	Wilburn Murphree
Coffeeville	2-6	109	248	2-5-0	83	210	Allen Parker
Coldwater	2-7	86	297	1-6-0	52	249	Brown Walker
Calhoun City	1-9	70	336	0-7-0	40	224	Jim Caldwell

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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.