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Charleston Football Team History

Charleston Tigers

Charleston High School

310 North Cossar Ave. Charleston, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jimmy Link

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1917 <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024

1996 Season Highlights

Jimmy Link enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Charleston.

The Tigers won the Class 3A District 3 Championship.

1996 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 30	vs. Horn Lake	6	14	L
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Coffeeville	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. Independence	18	24	L
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Bruce	7	13	L
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Coahoma County *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Elzy *	37	8	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Grenada	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Leland *	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Rosedale *	23	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Coahoma AHS *	18	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Quitman County *	21	0	W
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 15	vs. Humphreys County	30	24	W	1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 22	vs. Shannon	33	42	L	2nd Round Playoffs

1996 Season Totals
Record	8-5
Points Scored	244
Scoring Average	18.8
Points Allowed	158
Defense Average	12.2
Opponents Record	82-68
District Record	6-0
Home Record	4-3
Away Record	4-2

1996 Class 3A District 3 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Charleston	8-5	244	158	1-1	63	66	6-0	131	14	Jimmy Link
Coahoma County	9-2	318	92	0-1	0	24	5-1	161	50	Keith Dooley
Leland	6-5	124	122				4-2	71	63	Andrew Jackson
Quitman County	5-6	192	306				3-3	102	157	Warren Brown
Elzy	5-6	158	171				2-4	62	95	Henry Fant
West Bolivar	3-8	202	265				1-5	82	154	Leland Young
Coahoma AHS	2-8	149	188				0-6	68	144	A.B. White

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