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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Joe Mathis

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1933 <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2024

1966 Season Highlights

Joe Mathis enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Ripley.

1966 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	New Albany	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 9	Bolivar TN	27	12	W
Fri., Sep. 16	Baldwyn *	19	2	W
Fri., Sep. 23	Okolona *	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	Kossuth *	38	13	W
Fri., Oct. 7	Shannon *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 14	Calhoun City *	26	13	W
Fri., Oct. 21	Nettleton *	38	0	W
Fri., Oct. 28	Fulton *	6	55	L
Fri., Nov. 4	Booneville *	32	12	W

1966 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	240
Scoring Average	24.0
Points Allowed	107
Defense Average	10.7
Opponents Record	48-48 -6
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1966 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Ripley	9-1	240	107	7-1-0	192	95	Joe Mathis
Baldwyn	9-1-1	203	72	6-1-1	152	65	Ralph Mitchell
Fulton	8-2-1	318	134	6-1-1	227	93	Ben Jones
Calhoun City	5-5	145	122	4-4-0	138	109	Bobby Slick McCool
Nettleton	4-5-1	117	129	3-4-1	85	109
Okolona	4-5-1	111	130	3-4-1	91	102	Charles Garrett
Shannon	4-4-2	123	155	3-3-2	79	120
Booneville	3-7	119	201	1-7-0	58	183	Jim Drewry
Kossuth	1-9	104	237	0-8-0	57	203	Lex Rhodes

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