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Meridian Football Team History

Meridian Wildcats

Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Jim Baxter

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1908 <-- 1937 <- 1938 -> 1939 --> 2024

1938 Season Highlights

Jim Baxter enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Meridian.

The Wildcats won the Big 8 Conference Championship.

1938 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
	Morton	60	0	W
	Greenwood *	14	0	W
	Laurel *	12	0	W
	Vicksburg *	33	0	W
	Central Jackson *	13	7	W
	Hattiesburg *	13	0	W
	Gulfport *	23	6	W
	Brookhaven *	45	0	W
	vs. Philadelphia	33	7	W
	Quitman	32	0	W
Thu., Nov. 24	vs. Tupelo	26	0	W

1938 Season Totals
Record	11-0
Points Scored	304
Scoring Average	27.6
Points Allowed	20
Defense Average	1.8
Opponents Record	49-44 -7
Home Record	2-0
Away Record	0-0

1938 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Meridian	11-0	304	20	7-0-0	153	13	Jim Baxter
McComb	11-0-1	289	19	5-0-1	98	6	Charles Moore.
Central Jackson	7-3	200	88	4-3-0	107	81	Nash Broyles
Lee	9-1	200	82	3-0-0	48	14	William B. Saunders
Clarksdale	8-3	194	51	3-1-0	77	27	Dan Crumpton
Vicksburg	6-3	75	93	3-3-0	38	80	Al Clemens
Biloxi	5-3-2	112	33	2-0-1	19	0	Engle May
Laurel	5-5	123	66	2-5-0	59	60
Greenwood	7-3-1	259	117	1-3-0	14	79	Gene Chadwick
Greenville	5-5	174	95	1-3-0	47	49	E.H. Alley
Gulfport	4-3-3	105	71	1-3-2	20	51	Nick Duncan
Hattiesburg	2-6-2	62	91	1-6-1	17	85	W.D. Burnett
Brookhaven	4-6-1	119	176	0-5-1	13	149

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