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Newton Football Team History

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Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Bill Lindsley

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1930 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2023

1957 Season Highlights

Bill Lindsley enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Newton.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Morton	12	32	L
Fri., Sep. 13	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 20	@ Ackerman *	12	20	L
Fri., Sep. 27	vs. Kosciusko *	7	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Forest	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	@ Canton *	13	20	L
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Bay Springs	19	12	W
Fri., Nov. 1	vs. Louisville *	19	41	L
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Philadelphia *	38	2	W
Fri., Nov. 15	vs. Union *	7	13	L

1957 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	140
Scoring Average	15.6
Points Allowed	147
Defense Average	16.3
Opponents Record	61-47 -3
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-3

1957 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Union	8-2	241	72	7-2-0	196	72	Bill Wells
Ackerman	6-2-1	154	77	6-2-1	154	77	Prentiss Irvin
Louisville	8-2	185	97	5-2-0	132	71	Ken Lawrence
Canton	6-4	156	123	5-1-0	112	53	Howard Willoughby
Macon	5-3-1	97	97	5-2-0	78	72	A.J. Kilpatrick
Eupora	6-3	180	107	4-2-0	116	68	Leon Garner
DeKalb	6-2-1	163	83	3-2-1	79	69	Jack Holloway
Quitman	4-4	134	112	3-4-0	121	112	Tom Cotten
Newton	4-5	140	147	2-4-0	96	96	Bill Lindsley
Kosciusko	1-9	44	266	1-7-0	38	184	John Ables
Carthage	2-8	111	248	0-6-0	43	177	Frank Sabatini
Philadelphia	1-9	101	218	0-8-0	62	178	Bob Posey

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