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Canton Football Team History

Canton Tigers

Canton High School

634 Finney Road Canton, MS
Stadium: Roberts Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
Coach: Howard Willoughby

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1919 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Howard Willoughby enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Canton.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	DeKalb *	13	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	Greenwood	0	33	L
Fri., Sep. 20	Quitman *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 4	Philadelphia *	27	14	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Crystal Springs	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Newton *	20	13	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Kosciusko *	26	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	Louisville *	6	19	L
Fri., Nov. 15	Tallulah LA	12	31	L
Fri., Nov. 22	Yazoo City	0	6	L

1957 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	156
Scoring Average	15.6
Points Allowed	123
Defense Average	12.3
Opponents Record	54-50 -1
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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