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Columbia Football Team History

Columbia Wildcats

Columbia High School

1009 Broad Street Columbia, MS
Stadium: Gardner Stadium/Walter Payton Field
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Jerry Wilkinson

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1924 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2023

1969 Season Highlights

Jerry Wilkinson enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Columbia.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	Prentiss *	6	16	L
Fri., Sep. 12	Tylertown	26	8	W
Fri., Sep. 19	Warren Central *	0	48	L
Fri., Sep. 26	Mendenhall *	14	0	W
	Crystal Springs *	6	42	L
	South Pike	20	18	W
Fri., Oct. 24	Magee *	34	13	W
Fri., Oct. 31	Hazlehurst *	12	9	W
Fri., Nov. 7	Monticello *	0	14	L
Fri., Nov. 14	Northeast Jones	21	12	W
	Liberty	21	6	W

1969 Season Totals
Record	7-4
Points Scored	160
Scoring Average	14.5
Points Allowed	186
Defense Average	16.9
Opponents Record	49-56 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1969 Little Dixie Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Forest	10-0-1	379	77	7-0-0	240	52	Kenneth Bramlett
Morton	8-2	223	123	6-1-0	163	78	Reggie Robertson
Forest Hill	8-2	151	92	5-2-0	112	80	Billy Templeton
Clinton	7-3	160	119	4-3-0	113	106	Roy Burkett
Canton	4-6	133	173	2-5-0	87	144	Wesley Reed
Pearl	4-5-1	139	134	2-4-1	106	120	Joel Hudson
Brandon	3-7	102	203	1-6-0	55	144	Danny Neely
Florence	1-8-1	30	201	0-6-1	12	164	Edwin Green
	South
Monticello	9-1	191	40	6-1-0	100	28	Harold Morris
Magee	8-2	178	111	6-1-0	134	85	Troy Greer
Hazlehurst	5-4-1	106	113	4-3-0	78	93	Emmett Smith
Columbia	7-4	160	186	3-4-0	72	142	Jerry Wilkinson
Prentiss	5-5	146	131	3-4-0	100	93	Richard Dossett
Warren Central	3-6-1	164	135	3-4-0	148	79	Dewey Partridge
Crystal Springs	2-8	118	156	2-5-0	104	117	Leon Canoy
Mendenhall	1-8-1	55	183	1-6-0	31	130	Paul Pounds

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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.