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Amory Football Team History

Amory Panthers

Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Murphy Lowther

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

1953 Season Highlights

Murphy Lowther enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Amory.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Hamilton AL	6	23	L
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Tupelo	6	13	L
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. New Albany *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Grenada *	26	19	W
Fri., Oct. 9	@ University *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Lamar County AL	40	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Okolona *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. West Point *	14	20	L
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Starkville *	12	14	L
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Aberdeen *	0	31	L

1953 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	169
Scoring Average	16.9
Points Allowed	132
Defense Average	13.2
Opponents Record	50-47
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	2-2

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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