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South Tippah Football Team History

South Tippah Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: John Curlee Jr.

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1933 <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights

John Curlee Jr. enters his 5th season as Head Coach at South Tippah.

1960 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	Booneville *	12	14	L
Fri., Sep. 9	Vardaman *	24	0	W
Thu., Sep. 15	@ Kossuth *	19	19	T
Fri., Sep. 23	Nettleton *	47	12	W
Fri., Sep. 30	Fulton *	13	6	W
Sat., Oct. 8	@ Baldwyn *	33	26	W
Fri., Oct. 14	New Albany	19	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	Calhoun City *	27	42	L
Fri., Oct. 28	Okolona *	0	45	L
Fri., Nov. 4	Shannon *	27	7	W

1960 Season Totals
Record	6-3 -1
Points Scored	221
Scoring Average	22.1
Points Allowed	171
Defense Average	17.1
Opponents Record	43-48 -6
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0 -1

1960 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Okolona	9-1	280	58	8-0-0	267	45	Bob Tyler
Baldwyn	7-2	265	89	5-2-0	162	68	Jimmy Harris
South Tippah	6-3-1	221	171	5-3-1	202	171	John Curlee Jr.
Calhoun City	8-2	202	119	4-0-0	128	52	Jim Bain
Shannon	5-4-1	134	138	4-4-1	134	138	Murphy Roberson
Booneville	4-4-1	124	146	4-3-1	99	112	William Ward
Kossuth	4-3-2	159	141	4-3-2	159	141	John Fort Meeks
Fulton	3-5-1	154	169	1-4-1	68	110	Bill Spigner
Nettleton	2-8	92	283	1-6-0	41	212
Iuka	3-6-1	123	205	0-3-1	18	105	Richard Thorne
Vardaman	0-9-1	18	162	0-8-1	18	142	George Thomas

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