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Leland Football Team History

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Leland High School

404 East Third Street Leland, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Bryant Smith

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1925 <-- 1953 <- 1954 -> 1955 --> 2024

1954 Season Highlights

Bryant Smith enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Leland.

1954 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Greenville	0	20	L
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Shaw Hawks	33	6	W
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. Cleveland *	6	13	L
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Charleston *	14	7	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Rolling Fork	37	7	W
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Tunica	7	27	L
Fri., Oct. 22	@ West Tallahatchie *	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Indianola *	7	27	L
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Drew *	32	20	W
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Belzoni *	27	12	W

1954 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	163
Scoring Average	16.3
Points Allowed	166
Defense Average	16.6
Opponents Record	41-47 -2
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	3-3

1954 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
West Tallahatchie	7-2	205	106	7-1-0	205	80	Bernard Blackwell
Winona	10-0	450	64	6-0-0	237	39	John Wright
Indianola	6-3	184	82	6-2-0	178	73	Walker W. Jones
Yazoo City	9-1-1	307	100	4-1-0	152	53	Doug Hanley
Leland	5-5	163	166	3-3-0	86	106	Bryant Smith
Cleveland	3-6-1	102	181	3-5-1	95	168	Gene Meadows
Batesville	4-4-1	136	149	2-4-0	73	124
Drew	2-8-1	108	254	2-6-1	86	213	Howard Sessums
East Tallahatchie	2-8	116	169	0-5-0	34	92	John Woolly
Belzoni	1-9	122	334	0-7-0	64	272	Pete Walker

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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.