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Philadelphia Football Team History

Philadelphia Tornadoes

Philadelphia High School

248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia, MS
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Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach: Bob Posey

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1920 <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2023

1962 Season Highlights

Bob Posey enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Philadelphia.

1962 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Starkville	6	19	L
Fri., Sep. 14	Noxubee County *	6	33	L
Fri., Sep. 21	Union *	20	7	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Carthage *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 5	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 12	Kosciusko *	20	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Quitman *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	DeKalb *	7	0	W
Fri., Nov. 2	Neshoba Central	54	27	W
Fri., Nov. 9	Newton *	7	6	W
Fri., Nov. 16	Louisville *	9	58	L

1962 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	156
Scoring Average	15.6
Points Allowed	163
Defense Average	16.3
Opponents Record	47-54 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1962 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Louisville	10-1	388	81	7-0-0	274	41	Fred Morris
Noxubee County	8-2	285	65	6-1-0	214	40	Joe Bradshaw
Philadelphia	7-3	156	163	6-2-0	96	117	Bob Posey
Kosciusko	7-3	240	106	5-3-0	197	100	Larry Thomas
DeKalb	4-5-1	93	131	3-5-0	68	118	Don Goodwin
Quitman	4-5-1	121	104	3-4-1	102	91	Tom Cotten
Eupora	2-6-1	85	187	1-4-1	45	154	James E. Nichols
Newton	2-6-1	94	183	1-4-1	45	109	Bill Lindsley
Carthage	1-8-1	65	275	1-5-1	58	189	Leland Harrison
Union	0-8	53	281	0-5-0	40	180	G.C. Kirksey

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