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Okolona Football Team History

Okolona Chieftains

Okolona High School

404 Winter Street Okolona, MS
Stadium: Faulkner-Bowen Field
Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: W.A. Thompson

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1917 <-- 1945 <- 1946 -> 1947 --> 2024

1946 Season Highlights

W.A. Thompson enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Okolona.

The Chieftains set a team record for margin in a defeat by allowing 78 points.

1946 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 13	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Corinth	0	40	L
Fri., Sep. 27	@ Greenwood	0	38	L
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Aberdeen *	0	19	L
Fri., Oct. 11	@ West Point *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 18	@ Houston *	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Booneville	6	35	L
Fri., Nov. 1	vs. Amory *	0	52	L
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Ackerman	6	21	L
Fri., Nov. 15	@ Starkville *	0	78	L

1946 Season Totals
Record	0-9
Points Scored	18
Scoring Average	2.0
Points Allowed	318
Defense Average	35.3
Opponents Record	52-24 -7
Home Record	0-2
Away Record	0-7

1946 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	10-1	383	70	7-0-0	267	32	Melvin Hemphill
Starkville	7-1-2	275	21	5-1-0	208	14	Doss Fulton
West Point	6-4	159	139	5-2-0	102	78	Howard E. Shook
Aberdeen	5-5	134	188	3-3-0	69	113	James Wade
Houston	4-4-1	72	98	3-3-0	48	58	Willie Foster
New Albany	3-4-1	117	111	2-3-0	60	93
Pontotoc	3-4-2	81	144	0-3-1	18	93	M.D. Jones
Okolona	0-9	18	318	0-5-0	6	184	W.A. Thompson
University	0-5-1	13	154	0-4-1	13	97

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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.