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Neshoba Central Football Team History

Neshoba Central Rockets

Neshoba Central High School

1125 Golf Course Road Philadelphia, MS
Stadium:
Colors: Red, White & Blue
Coach: Bob Posey

1960 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2023

1970 Season Highlights

Bob Posey enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Neshoba Central.

The Rockets won the Sam Dale Conference Championship.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Forest	7	26	L
Fri., Sep. 11	Philadelphia	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Carthage	14	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	Quitman	8	14	L
Fri., Oct. 2	West Lauderdale *	14	0	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Decatur	6	7	L
Fri., Oct. 16	Clarkdale *	32	6	W
Fri., Oct. 23	Enterprise Clarke *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Southeast Lauderdale *	16	12	W
Fri., Nov. 6	Northeast Lauderdale *	20	15	W
Fri., Nov. 13	@ Taylorsville	18	8	W	Meridian

1970 Season Totals
Record	8-3
Points Scored	155
Scoring Average	14.1
Points Allowed	88
Defense Average	8.0
Opponents Record	57-41 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1970 Sam Dale Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Enterprise Clarke	8-2	290	64	4-1-0	136	24	L.J. Davis
Neshoba Central	8-3	155	88	5-0-0	88	33	Bob Posey
Southeast Lauderdale	5-3-1	165	112	2-2-1	76	67
Northeast Lauderdale	3-4-1	182	149	1-3-0	85	76
West Lauderdale	2-4-1	141	151	1-2-1	36	78	Don Massey
Clarkdale	2-7	144	275	0-5-0	36	179

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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.