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Forest Football Team History

Forest Bearcats

Forest High School

511 Cleveland Street Forest, MS
Stadium: L.O. Atkins Field
Colors: Red, Blue & White
Coach: A.J. Mangum

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1926 <-- 1948 <- 1949 -> 1950 --> 2026

1949 Season Highlights

A.J. Mangum enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Forest.

1949 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 9	Bay Springs	6	25	L
Fri., Sep. 16	Brandon	12	12	T
Fri., Sep. 30	Crystal Springs *	0	32	L
Fri., Oct. 7	Pelahatchie	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 14	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 21	Carthage *	0	52	L
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Quitman *	18	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	Newton *	13	32	L
Thu., Nov. 10	Culkin	21	40	L
Fri., Nov. 18	Morton *	20	41	L

1949 Season Totals
Record	2-6 -1
Points Scored	96
Scoring Average	10.7
Points Allowed	234
Defense Average	26.0
Opponents Record	38-36 -6
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1949 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kosciusko	13-0	423	112	7-0-0	237	44	Robert Hardison
Louisville	8-3	293	151	7-1-0	236	99	James Brown
Eupora	6-3	253	114	4-2-0	181	70	Grady McCool
Canton	7-3-1	220	137	3-3-1	131	92
Newton	6-5	169	194	3-3-0	104	109	Preston Beatty
Philadelphia	6-5	204	181	3-5-0	105	163	Jack Warner
Carthage	4-4-1	144	138	3-2-1	118	86	Robert Carter
Ackerman	3-5-1	127	138	3-4-1	114	119	Dale Davidson
Macon	6-6	173	201	2-3-0	61	94	Van Brewer
Union	6-2-2	217	96	1-1-1	61	38	Bill McCurley
Crystal Springs	4-4-1	137	84	1-2-0	50	32	Wendell Webb
Morton	3-4-1	107	196	1-3-0	61	145
Forest	2-6-1	96	234	1-4-0	51	157	A.J. Mangum
Quitman	0-4	0	161	0-4-0	0	161	Sawyer Sims
Winona	0-10	36	348	0-3-0	6	90

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