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Canton Football Team History

Canton Tigers

Canton High School

634 Finney Road Canton, MS
Stadium: Roberts Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
Coach: Bobby Wilson

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1919 <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024

1955 Season Highlights

Bobby Wilson enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Canton.

The Tigers won the Choctaw Conference Championship.

1955 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 9	DeKalb *	24	6	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. Quitman *	34	13	W
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Union *	38	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	@ Crystal Springs	6	7	L
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Philadelphia *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 14	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. Newton *	24	13	W
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Kosciusko *	21	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Louisville *	33	7	W
Fri., Nov. 11	@ Hazlehurst	30	7	W
Thu., Nov. 24	vs. Yazoo City	0	6	L

1955 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	216
Scoring Average	21.6
Points Allowed	59
Defense Average	5.9
Opponents Record	63-47 -5
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	2-1

1955 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Canton	8-2	216	59	7-0-0	180	39	Bobby Wilson
Philadelphia	8-2	240	78	7-1-0	221	57	Billy Jarrell
Kosciusko	6-5	224	156	6-2-0	197	92	Jack Warner
Eupora	7-2-1	251	104	4-1-1	170	58	Hollis Rutter
Carthage	5-4	149	152	4-2-0	117	99	Walter Ahrens
Quitman	5-4	231	136	3-3-0	153	93	Tom Cotten
Newton	4-6	138	185	3-3-0	98	89	Preston Beatty
Ackerman	4-6	123	190	2-5-0	97	142	Prentiss Irvin
Louisville	3-7-1	134	278	2-4-1	88	156	Hugh Walker
DeKalb	3-7-1	116	255	1-5-1	33	171	Wesley Grisham
Union	3-7-1	144	321	1-6-1	79	230	Grady McCool
Macon	1-10	85	272	0-8-0	39	246	Flavius Alford

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