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Shaw Hawks Football Team History

Shaw Hawks Hawks

Shaw High School (Hawks)

Shaw, MS
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Coach: Peter Walker

1925 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 1969

1959 Season Highlights

Peter Walker enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Shaw Hawks.

TheHawks set a team record by scoring 212 points.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Saint Joseph Greenville *	27	13	W
Fri., Sep. 11	Rosedale *	14	42	L
Fri., Sep. 18	Benoit	27	14	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Lambert *	12	21	L
Fri., Oct. 2	Ruleville *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Shelby *	25	7	W
Fri., Oct. 16	Anguilla *	37	14	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Rolling Fork	27	6	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Tunica *	6	50	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Hollandale *	24	13	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	212
Scoring Average	21.2
Points Allowed	180
Defense Average	18.0
Opponents Record	49-45 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1959 Cotton Boll Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rosedale	9-2	355	76	7-2-0	295	76	Carlee Nevel
Tunica	9-1-1	261	90	6-0-0	154	30	Hoyt Bush
Shaw Hawks	7-3	212	180	5-3-0	158	160	Peter Walker
Ruleville	6-4	204	154	5-4-0	151	141	Tommy Gunn.
Lambert	7-2-1	179	98	4-1-1	100	64	Kenneth Irby
Hollandale	7-3	252	123	2-1-0	60	31	Clarence Wilkinson
Saint Joseph Greenville	4-5	128	139	2-4-0	95	107	Dom Bevalaque
Marks	2-8	68	199	2-3-0	56	66	Gordon Kent
Crowder	5-4-1	126	104	0-3-1	28	86	Alton Zachary
Anguilla	2-6	108	261	0-5-0	42	212	George Jefferson
Shelby	0-9-1	33	245	0-7-0	27	193	Bill Ware

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