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Aberdeen Football Team History

Aberdeen Bulldogs

Aberdeen High School

100 Bulldogs Blvd Aberdeen, MS
Stadium: Lester Miley Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Bert Thompson

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1919 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

Bert Thompson enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Aberdeen.

The Bulldogs won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	@ University *	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	vs. Okolona *	34	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	@ Tupelo	23	7	W
Fri., Sep. 25	@ New Albany *	41	7	W
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Starkville *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	@ West Point *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Houston *	25	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Pontotoc *	46	13	W
Fri., Oct. 30	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Booneville	39	0	W
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. Amory *	31	0	W
Fri., Dec. 4	Winona	6	7	L	Greenwood

1953 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	298
Scoring Average	27.1
Points Allowed	46
Defense Average	4.2
Opponents Record	52-57 -3
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	5-0

1953 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Aberdeen	10-1	298	46	8-0-0	230	32	Bert Thompson
West Point	7-3	252	169	6-2-0	220	124	Harper Davis
Starkville	9-2	212	49	5-1-0	105	25	Walter Scales
University	6-3	208	64	5-3-0	169	58
Amory	5-5	169	132	4-3-0	117	90	Murphy Lowther
Houston	4-5	77	141	3-5-0	51	135	Flavius Alford
Grenada	4-6	177	178	2-4-0	93	117	A.L. Gerrard
Okolona	3-6	62	173	1-6-0	29	166
Pontotoc	2-7-1	90	238	1-3-0	51	102	Charles Shumake
New Albany	1-8	38	252	1-6-0	32	186	W.J. Davis

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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.