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Forest Football Team History

Forest Bearcats

Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: Henry Rath

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1926 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

Henry Rath enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Forest.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Mendenhall	0	20	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Canton	2	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	Brandon *	7	7	T
Fri., Sep. 27	Clinton *	25	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Pearl *	15	7	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Newton	22	0	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Forest Hill *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 25	Carthage	40	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Florence *	21	26	L
Fri., Nov. 8	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 15	Morton *	10	7	W

1963 Season Totals
Record	6-3 -1
Points Scored	142
Scoring Average	14.2
Points Allowed	74
Defense Average	7.4
Opponents Record	54-49 -10
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1963 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Morton	8-3	204	57	5-1-0	142	30	Dale Brasher
Forest Hill	8-2	186	100	4-2-0	101	72	Tom Cheney
Brandon	6-1-3	145	112	4-1-1	81	78	Louis Strickland
Forest	6-3-1	142	74	3-2-1	78	54	Henry Rath
Florence	4-5-1	143	241	2-3-0	73	134	Billy Templeton
Clinton	2-8	76	167	1-5-0	45	104	Roy Burkett
Pearl	2-8	100	177	1-5-0	73	88	Bob Parker
	South
Magee	11-0	341	12	5-0-0	179	6	John Williams
Mendenhall	8-1-2	289	83	3-1-1	146	45	Carroll Greer
Crystal Springs	6-3-1	159	110	3-1-1	90	57	Wade Alexander
Prentiss	3-7	91	159	2-3-0	38	82	Kenneth Bramlett
Hazlehurst	4-6	115	179	1-4-0	32	146	Charles Callaway
Monticello	3-7	130	235	0-5-0	25	174	Rex Dawsey

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