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Clarksdale Football Team History

Clarksdale Wildcats

Clarksdale High School

1101 Wildcat Drive Clarksdale, MS
Stadium: Crumpton Field
Colors: Scarlet & Royal
Coach: Butler Moore

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1912 <-- 1942 <- 1943 -> 1944 --> 2024

1943 Season Highlights

Butler Moore enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Clarksdale.

1943 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 17	Memphis Central TN	49	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	McComb *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Central Jackson *	18	7	W
Fri., Oct. 8	Tupelo *	51	0	W
Fri., Oct. 15	Greenville *	6	34	L
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Lee *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Vicksburg *	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	@ Greenwood *	30	0	W
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Laurel *	25	32	L
Fri., Nov. 19	Jackson TN	46	0	W

1943 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	288
Scoring Average	28.8
Points Allowed	79
Defense Average	7.9
Opponents Record	42-41 -8
Home Record	1-0
Away Record	2-1

1943 Big 8 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Meridian	10-1	442	82	7-0-0	299	50	Obie Brown
Greenville	10-0	396	50	6-0-0	276	19	Pickens Noble
Clarksdale	8-2	288	79	6-2-0	193	79	Butler Moore
Laurel	7-2-1	187	96	6-2-1	166	96	C.T. Williams
Central Jackson	6-4	233	153	3-3-0	154	113	C.M. White
Hattiesburg	6-3-1	169	85	2-3-1	63	79	T. B. Murphree
Greenwood	2-7-2	40	358	2-5-0	27	278	A.D. Dickson
Biloxi	6-2	99	44	1-1-0	13	19	Dase Davis
Gulfport	4-3-2	79	80	1-2-1	30	45	James Landrum
Lee	3-8	105	148	1-5-0	47	90	William Bruce
McComb	3-5-1	85	116	1-3-1	27	97	Charles Moore.
Brookhaven	4-1-3	82	47	0-1-2	20	40	Robert L. Therrell
Tupelo	2-6-2	84	204	0-4-0	6	153	John Smith,
Vicksburg	2-7-1	65	265	0-5-0	28	191	Gene Chadwick

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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.