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Greenville Football Team History

Greenville Hornets

Greenville High School

419 East Robert Shaw Greenville, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Wally Beach

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1912 <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights

Wally Beach enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Greenville.

1960 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 9	Memphis Tech TN	32	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	Vicksburg *	12	6	W
Fri., Sep. 30	Corinth *	33	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	Murrah *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 14	Lee *	18	20	L
Fri., Oct. 21	Central Jackson *	20	13	W
Fri., Oct. 28	Yazoo City *	0	0	T
Fri., Nov. 4	Tupelo *	13	12	W
Fri., Nov. 11	Greenwood *	7	19	L
Fri., Nov. 18	Clarksdale *	7	20	L

1960 Season Totals
Record	5-4 -1
Points Scored	155
Scoring Average	15.5
Points Allowed	104
Defense Average	10.4
Opponents Record	44-43 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1960 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenwood	8-1	202	61	8-1-0	202	61	Bobby Wilson
Murrah	6-3-1	156	80	6-3-1	156	80	James E. Merritt
Yazoo City	9-1-1	211	60	5-0-1	92	19	Eulas Jenkins
Clarksdale	6-3-1	153	116	5-3-1	101	110	Jack Stribling
Tupelo	6-4	144	86	5-3-0	104	66	Jim Ingram
Greenville	5-4-1	155	104	4-4-1	123	104	Wally Beach
Meridian	7-3	161	47	3-3-0	71	19	Dave Owens
Lee	3-7	93	169	2-6-0	60	150	Harold Wesson
Vicksburg	3-7	71	114	1-6-0	38	101	Gene Allen
Central Jackson	1-9	50	186	1-7-0	38	166	Bob Stevens
Corinth	2-8-1	125	228	0-5-0	14	130	Leo Jones

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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.