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Shannon Football Team History

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Shannon High School

218 Cherry Street Shannon, MS
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Colors: Red & White
Coach: Murphy Roberson

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1928 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

Murphy Roberson enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Shannon.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Iuka	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Calhoun City *	24	14	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Nettleton *	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Fulton *	0	28	L
Fri., Oct. 4	Booneville *	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 11	South Tippah *	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Vardaman *	10	7	W
Fri., Oct. 25	Baldwyn *	25	13	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Okolona *	7	27	L
Fri., Nov. 8	Kossuth *	39	6	W

1963 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	125
Scoring Average	12.5
Points Allowed	149
Defense Average	14.9
Opponents Record	48-44 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1963 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	7-1-1	180	70	7-0-1	173	38	Ben Jones
South Tippah	7-3	273	73	7-2-0	267	61	Jack Harris
Okolona	7-2-2	246	59	6-2-1	225	52	Bob Tyler
Nettleton	6-5	152	192	5-4-0	144	172
Calhoun City	5-4-1	199	133	5-3-1	185	113	Bobby Slick McCool
Shannon	5-5	125	149	5-4-0	125	142	Murphy Roberson
Baldwyn	3-5-1	108	180	3-5-1	108	180	Ned Holder
Booneville	3-7	114	193	3-6-0	100	166	Douglas Herbert
Kossuth	1-9	75	301	1-8-0	68	254	Kenneth McKinney
Vardaman	0-8	14	230	0-8-0	14	230	Joe Cooper

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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.