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Columbia Football Team History

Columbia Wildcats

Columbia High School

1009 Broad Street Columbia, MS
Stadium: Gardner Stadium/Walter Payton Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Ben Ruscoe

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1924 <-- 1957 <- 1958 -> 1959 --> 2024

1958 Season Highlights

Ben Ruscoe enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Columbia.

1958 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Tylertown	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Greenwood	0	30	L
Fri., Sep. 26	@ Laurel *	0	9	L
Fri., Oct. 3	vs. Provine *	14	33	L
Fri., Oct. 10	@ Moss Point *	11	33	L
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Natchez-Adams *	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 24	vs. Ocean Springs	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Hattiesburg *	9	14	L
Fri., Nov. 7	@ McComb *	6	13	L
Fri., Nov. 21	vs. Picayune *	14	19	L
Thu., Nov. 27	vs. Gulfport	7	28	L

1958 Season Totals
Record	2-9
Points Scored	105
Scoring Average	9.5
Points Allowed	212
Defense Average	19.3
Opponents Record	63-41 -6
Home Record	2-4
Away Record	0-5

1958 Big 8 S Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
McComb	8-2	175	140	7-2-0	155	133	Calvin Triplett
Natchez-Adams	8-3	282	152	6-1-0	209	83	Jack Davis
Biloxi	7-4	268	115	6-2-0	209	69	W.D. Wiles
Laurel	5-5	163	148	5-4-0	163	141	Barney Poole
Gulfport	6-2-2	144	83	4-2-2	109	76	Lindy Callahan
Moss Point	5-4-1	114	79	4-2-1	93	51	Harry Davis
Picayune	5-4	130	105	3-4-0	77	98	Frank Branch.
Hattiesburg	4-4-2	149	160	3-4-2	143	160	Warren Watkins
Provine	4-6	111	133	3-3-0	91	80	Leslie Godbold
Brookhaven	3-6-1	123	199	3-5-1	117	179	Paul Moyer
Columbia	2-9	105	212	0-7-0	54	154	Ben Ruscoe
Pascagoula	1-9	58	259	0-8-0	45	241	Bernard Blackwell

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