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Amory Football Team History

Amory Panthers

Amory High School

1006 Sam Haskell Circle Amory, MS
Stadium: Longenecker Field
Colors: Black & Old Gold
Coach: Melvin Hemphill

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1919 <-- 1946 <- 1947 -> 1948 --> 2024

1947 Season Highlights

Melvin Hemphill enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Amory.

The Panthers won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1947 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 19	University *	32	0	W
Fri., Sep. 26	New Albany *	32	7	W
Fri., Oct. 3	Starkville *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 10	Fulton	27	7	W
Fri., Oct. 17	Tupelo	6	33	L
Fri., Oct. 24	Corinth	27	14	W
Fri., Oct. 31	Okolona *	44	12	W
Fri., Nov. 7	West Point *	40	0	W
Fri., Nov. 14	Aberdeen *	10	7	W
Fri., Nov. 21	Houston *	37	7	W
Fri., Dec. 5	Ackerman	13	18	L	Meridian

1947 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	289
Scoring Average	26.3
Points Allowed	105
Defense Average	9.5
Opponents Record	56-47 -4
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1947 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	9-2	289	105	7-0-0	216	33	Melvin Hemphill
Aberdeen	9-2	270	77	5-2-0	144	58	James Wade
Houston	6-3-1	183	123	5-1-1	136	81	Willie Foster
Starkville	9-3	234	98	4-2-0	120	47	Walter Scales
New Albany	3-5-1	109	143	2-3-1	66	104
University	2-4	58	96	2-4-0	58	96
Grenada	4-4-3	121	127	1-2-1	44	66	Archie Stubbs
Okolona	2-7	94	190	1-4-0	37	128	W.A. Thompson
West Point	1-8-1	57	289	1-5-1	51	196	Howard E. Shook
Pontotoc	2-7	70	146	0-5-0	26	97	Mitch Grisson

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