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Morton Football Team History

Morton Panthers

Morton High School

238 East 4th Avenue Morton, MS
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Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Dale Brasher

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1929 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Dale Brasher enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Morton.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	Newton	7	27	L
Fri., Sep. 8	Prentiss	19	7	W
Fri., Sep. 15	Forest Hill *	14	13	W
Fri., Sep. 22	Pearl *	20	12	W
Fri., Sep. 29	Brandon *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 6	Magee	6	20	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Clinton *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 20	Florence *	39	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 3	Forest *	27	0	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	6-3
Points Scored	159
Scoring Average	17.7
Points Allowed	85
Defense Average	9.4
Opponents Record	47-46 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1961 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Clinton	6-4	179	104	5-1-0	123	57	Roy Burkett
Morton	6-3	159	85	5-1-0	127	31	Dale Brasher
Pearl	7-3	192	108	4-2-0	115	59	Bob Parker
Forest Hill	4-6	131	156	4-2-0	100	73	David Lingle
Florence	3-5	91	136	2-4-0	65	111	Billy Templeton
Brandon	2-7-1	127	175	1-5-0	53	122	Burnett Blackmon
Forest	0-8-1	58	256	0-6-0	31	161	Pat Waren
	South
Mendenhall	10-1	288	77	5-1-0	164	45	A.J. Mangum
Magee	9-1-1	356	64	5-1-0	204	20	Charles Calloway
Crystal Springs	6-4	156	84	4-3-0	124	64	Wade Alexander
Prentiss	5-5	171	137	3-3-0	84	90	Leslie Smith
Hazlehurst	5-5	152	169	2-4-0	79	123	Ronald Bennett
Tylertown	3-7	90	187	2-4-0	64	137	Jack Poole
Monticello	0-10	59	378	0-6-0	19	265	George Arendale

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