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South Panola Football Team History

South Panola Tigers

South Panola High School

601 Tiger Drive Batesville, MS
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Colors: Blue & Red
Coach: Henry Rath

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1931 <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2024

1966 Season Highlights

Henry Rath enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at South Panola.

1966 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 9	University	6	14	L
Fri., Sep. 16	Cleveland *	7	13	L
Fri., Sep. 23	East Tallahatchie *	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	Indianola	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	Leflore County *	13	32	L
Fri., Oct. 14	Winona *	33	12	W
Fri., Oct. 21	Belzoni *	54	7	W
Fri., Oct. 28	West Tallahatchie *	13	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	Grenada *	34	14	W
Fri., Nov. 11	Pontotoc	25	6	W

1966 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	226
Scoring Average	22.6
Points Allowed	98
Defense Average	9.8
Opponents Record	41-55 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1966 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Rolling Fork	10-0	359	32	7-0-0	259	29	Cotton Robertson
Leflore County	9-2	370	182	7-2-0	297	145
Cleveland	7-2-1	205	121	7-2-0	198	114	Pete Wilson
Grenada	6-5	186	167	6-4-0	180	155	Mike Brabham
South Panola	7-3	226	98	5-2-0	168	78	Henry Rath
Drew	5-5	222	228	4-5-0	196	207	Paul Pounds
Leland	5-5	112	182	4-5-0	86	169	John Smith
Indianola	3-5-2	141	200	3-5-2	141	200	Bobby Stacy
Winona	3-6-1	160	182	3-5-0	133	147	Wally Bumpas
East Tallahatchie	2-8	98	253	2-6-0	77	179	Charles Francis
West Tallahatchie	2-8	63	184	2-7-0	63	157
Belzoni	1-9	108	325	1-8-0	87	300	H.T. Godfrey

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