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Kosciusko Football Team History

Kosciusko Whippets

Kosciusko High School

206 South Huntington Street Kosciusko, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Rodney Jones

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1921 <-- 1996 <- 1997 -> 1998 --> 2024

1997 Season Highlights

Rodney Jones enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Kosciusko.

The Whippets finished 5th in District 4.

1997 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 29	vs. Grenada	7	23	L
Fri., Sep. 5	@ Northwest Rankin	23	21	W
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Forest	21	7	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Pontotoc	27	24	W
Fri., Sep. 26	@ New Hope	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 3	vs. Yazoo City	27	20	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Noxubee County *	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 17	vs. Neshoba Central *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 24	@ Canton *	40	6	W
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Louisville *	12	27	L
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. Wingfield *	14	6	W

1997 Season Totals
Record	7-4
Points Scored	192
Scoring Average	17.5
Points Allowed	155
Defense Average	14.1
Opponents Record	64-61 -1
District Record	2-3
Home Record	3-4
Away Record	4-0

1997 Class 4A District 4 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			District Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	10-4	388	223	2-1	69	80	5-0	189	42	Tony Stanford
Neshoba Central	3-8	120	251	0-1	13	27	3-2	66	87	Jim Rhodes
Noxubee County	9-2	274	84				3-2	112	52	M.C. Miller
Wingfield	6-4	245	179				2-3	112	101
Kosciusko	7-4	192	155				2-3	66	60	Rodney Jones
Canton	1-10	110	403				0-5	20	223	Isadore Moreland

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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.