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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Billy Jarrell

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1920 <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024

1955 Season Highlights

Billy Jarrell enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1955 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Ackerman *	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ Macon *	46	19	W
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Starkville	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Belzoni	19	14	W
Fri., Oct. 7	@ Canton *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Newton *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. DeKalb *	37	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	@ Union *	41	19	W
Fri., Nov. 11	@ Kosciusko *	36	13	W
Thu., Nov. 24	@ Louisville *	28	0	W

1955 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	240
Scoring Average	24.0
Points Allowed	78
Defense Average	7.8
Opponents Record	49-63 -4
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-1

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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