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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Compton Shelton

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1933 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Compton Shelton enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Ripley.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	New Albany	0	0	T
Fri., Sep. 10	Saltillo *	20	13	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Baldwyn *	0	6	L
Fri., Sep. 24	Okolona *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Kossuth *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Shannon *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 15	Calhoun City *	28	8	W
Fri., Oct. 22	Nettleton *	39	20	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Fulton *	7	60	L
Fri., Nov. 5	Booneville *	7	30	L

1971 Season Totals
Record	4-5 -1
Points Scored	133
Scoring Average	13.3
Points Allowed	172
Defense Average	17.2
Opponents Record	53-49 -2
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	0-0

1971 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Fulton	10-1	312	48	9-0-0	275	21	Ben Jones
Booneville	9-2	252	123	7-2-0	220	99	Jim Drewry
Shannon	7-2	223	86	7-2-0	223	86	Thomas Suggs
Baldwyn	7-3	166	71	6-3-0	152	71	Jackie Spradling
Okolona	6-4-1	211	155	6-4-0	211	155	Sammy Graves
Ripley	4-5-1	133	172	4-5-0	133	172	Compton Shelton
Saltillo	3-8	124	207	3-6-0	117	187	Mitch Grissom
Calhoun City	4-7	110	266	2-7-0	61	251	Billy Cook
Kossuth	3-7	133	195	2-7-0	94	183	Tommy Lucas
Nettleton	1-9	80	305	0-9-0	72	299	Woody Magers

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