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Meridian Football Team History
Meridian Wildcats
Meridian High School
2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium Colors: Blue & White Coach: Shelton Gandy
Overall Record Progress
96.5% Complete
Team Timeline
First Team: 1908 (#1)
Championships
State Playoff Championships
1985, 1990, 2008
District Championships
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 1993, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Team Records
Overall Record 749-341-46
Winning Pct. 69%
State Playoff Titles 3
District Titles 15
District Record 175-74
Home Record 293-96-10
Away Record 195-138-10
By The Numbers
Seasons 115
Winning Seasons (#2)
80
Losing Seasons (#2) 21
Most Wins in A Season 14 (2010)
Most Losses in A Season 10 (2019)
10 Win Seasons 27
Most Points Scored in a Game 70 (11/8/1996)
Most Points Scored in a Season 572 (2008)
Most Points Allowed in a Game 66 (10/6/2017)
Most Points Allowed in a Season 524 (2019)
Largest Margin of Victory 69 (11/21/1914)
Largest Margin of Defeat 62 (10/4/2019)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game 107 (10/6/2017)
Last Shutout 11/2/2017
Last Time Shutout 11/17/2023
Shutouts All-Time 266
Been Shutout All-Time 98
Streaks
Longest Win 26 (11/26/1936-10/13/1939)
Longest Losing 9 (8/30/2019-10/24/2019)
Playoff Records
Overall Record 42-29
Appearances 32
1st Round 21-12
2nd Round 12-7
3rd Round 0-0
Semi-Finals 6-7
Finals 3-3
By the Decade
2020-29 19-26
2010-19 83-49
2000-09 90-40
1990-99 82-37
1980-89 78-34-1
1970-79 63-40-4
1960-69 72-19-9
1950-59 60-31-10
Next Game
9/13/2024 (Fri)
@ Starkville
in a Non-Division Game.
Last Time: Meridian lost 21-41 in 2023.
All-Time:
vs. Starkville
15-16-0
48.4%
2024 Season Totals
Record 1-1
Scoring 32-28
Region Record 0-0
Home Record 0-1
Away Record 1-0
Longest Running Rivalry
Meridian & Laurel have played 80 games.
Meridian has won 44 games.
Laurel has won 31 games.
with 5 tie games.
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring Record
less than 10 0-32
10 or more 192-83
20 or more
173-40
30 or more 119-12
40 or more 59-4
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed Record
less than 10 89-3
10 or more 103-112
20 or more 52-97
30 or more 10-67
40 or more 2-35
Border Wars
vs. Georgia 0 - 1 - 2
vs. Tennessee 1 - 1 - 0
vs. Louisiana 0 - 3 - 0
vs. Alabama 36 - 12 - 2
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.
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