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Durant Football Team History

Durant Tigers

Durant High School

65 West Madison Durant, MS
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Colors: Green & White
Coach: Hugh Walker

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1937 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2017

1953 Season Highlights

Hugh Walker enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Durant.

The Tigers won the Big Black Conference Championship.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	vs. Pearl	19	6	W
Fri., Sep. 11	@ French Camp Academy *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	@ Winona	6	45	L
Fri., Sep. 25	vs. Kilmichael *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 2	@ Vaiden *	31	7	W
Fri., Oct. 9	@ West *	33	12	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Tchula	30	0	W
Fri., Oct. 23	@ McAdams *	41	8	W
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. Sturgis *	47	13	W
Fri., Nov. 6	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. Lexington *	33	0	W
Thu., Nov. 19	Mathiston *	47	13	W

1953 Season Totals
Record	10-1
Points Scored	327
Scoring Average	29.7
Points Allowed	110
Defense Average	10.0
Opponents Record	49-54 -6
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	5-1

1953 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Durant	10-1	327	110	8-0-0	272	59	Hugh Walker
Brooksville	7-2	126	92	6-0-0	108	39
Mathiston	7-3	223	144	6-3-0	168	144
McAdams	6-2-1	163	84	6-1-1	156	72	W.B. Montague
Kilmichael	5-5	193	200	4-3-0	146	120	Frank Hutchins
Lexington	4-6	130	146	4-3-0	117	88	Woodson Earle
Maben	4-5-1	141	153	3-4-0	102	126	Henry Morgan
Weir	4-3	100	98	3-3-0	86	92
French Camp Academy	4-6	94	159	2-4-0	54	99
West	3-3-1	106	113	2-2-1	80	94
Sturgis	2-6-1	77	141	2-5-1	77	134	H.E. Jones
Ethel	2-6-2	71	185	1-5-2	57	133
Noxapater	0-8	58	150	0-7-0	51	125	Ira Kirkpatrick Jr.
Sallis	0-1	20	31	0-1-0	20	31
Vaiden	0-7-1	59	211	0-6-1	52	190

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.