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Collins Football Team History

Collins Tigers

Collins High School

1208 South Dogwood Ave. Collins, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Jack Bailey

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1928 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024

1959 Season Highlights

Jack Bailey enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Collins.

The Tigers won the Apache Conference Championship.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Ellisville	27	14	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Raleigh	38	7	W
Fri., Sep. 18	New Hebron	25	6	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Shady Grove *	6	6	T
Fri., Oct. 2	Sumrall *	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Calhoun *	13	6	W
Sat., Oct. 17	Bassfield *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Mount Olive *	39	6	W
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Mize *	38	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Seminary *	33	13	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	9-0 -1
Points Scored	277
Scoring Average	27.7
Points Allowed	64
Defense Average	6.4
Opponents Record	30-47 -6
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	1-0

1959 Apache Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Collins	9-0-1	277	64	6-0-1	187	37	Jack Bailey
Seminary	7-3	139	68	6-1-0	106	42	Fred Cooley
Glade	7-0	92	18	3-0-0	39	6
Calhoun	5-3-1	134	54	3-2-0	79	32	Anthony Manguno
Bassfield	3-4-1	112	119	3-3-0	86	72	Malcolm Courtney
Sumrall	3-7	84	192	2-3-0	46	78	Albert Schilling
Soso	5-5	104	117	1-4-0	18	64	Wendell Gaines
Shady Grove	3-4-1	66	64	1-3-1	27	45	Morris Brown
Mount Olive	2-7	83	210	1-4-0	37	118	Thomas Layton
Mize	1-5	19	119	0-4-0	0	99	Ed Harper
Columbia Training	0-5	19	78	0-2-0	0	32	Jack Foster

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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.