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Greenville Football Team History

Greenville Hornets

Greenville High School

419 East Robert Shaw Greenville, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Wally Beach

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1912 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024

1962 Season Highlights

Wally Beach enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Greenville.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Natchez-Adams	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Vicksburg *	21	22	L
Fri., Sep. 28	Corinth *	39	14	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Murrah *	33	6	W
Fri., Oct. 12	Lee *	13	13	T
Fri., Oct. 19	Central Jackson *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	Yazoo City *	34	7	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Tupelo *	21	6	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Clarksdale *	42	13	W
Fri., Nov. 23	Greenwood *	27	0	W

1962 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	264
Scoring Average	26.4
Points Allowed	87
Defense Average	8.7
Opponents Record	41-46 -15
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1962 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenville	8-1-1	264	87	7-1-1	257	81	Wally Beach
Lee	8-2-1	205	71	6-2-1	142	65	Billy Brewer
Vicksburg	8-1-2	243	100	6-0-2	189	54	Gene Allen
Meridian	6-1-2	143	40	5-0-2	118	26	Claude Jennings
Tupelo	6-3-1	111	105	4-3-1	91	99	Lee Paslay
Yazoo City	6-3-1	132	134	4-3-1	99	121	Eulas Jenkins
Central Jackson	2-7-1	47	153	2-6-1	40	134	Bob Stevens
Murrah	2-3-5	57	92	2-2-5	57	78	Jack Carlisle
Corinth	3-5-1	96	108	1-4-1	62	94	Ray Long
Clarksdale	2-8-1	119	256	1-8-1	106	250	Jack Stribling
Greenwood	0-8-2	67	226	0-7-2	61	212	Bobby Wilson

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

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.