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Newton Football Team History

Newton Tigers

Newton High School

201 West 1st Street Newton, MS
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Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: James Nelson

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1930 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2023

1968 Season Highlights

James Nelson enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Newton.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Morton	0	33	L
Fri., Sep. 13	Quitman *	16	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	DeKalb *	34	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Kosciusko *	14	25	L
Fri., Oct. 4	@ Eupora *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Forest	0	31	L
Fri., Oct. 18	Louisville *	12	47	L
Fri., Oct. 25	Bay Springs	13	26	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Philadelphia *	25	0	W
Fri., Nov. 8	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 15	Union *	6	0	W

1968 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	140
Scoring Average	14.0
Points Allowed	175
Defense Average	17.5
Opponents Record	62-45 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1968 Choctaw Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Union	10-1	222	91	6-1-0	131	52	Torris Ryals
Louisville	7-3	194	112	5-2-0	145	65	Charles Peets
Noxubee County	7-2-1	155	71	5-1-1	111	45	Joe Bradshaw
Kosciusko	5-4	198	121	5-2-0	186	74	Roy Terry
Newton	5-5	140	175	5-2-0	127	85	James Nelson
Ackerman	5-5	187	139	3-4-0	125	105	Parker Dykes
Eupora	5-5	154	150	3-4-0	106	111	Doug Sullivan
Quitman	4-3-2	107	98	3-3-1	81	78	William Boone
Philadelphia	2-8	65	183	2-6-0	58	146	Tommy Gaines
Carthage	1-9	66	295	1-6-0	46	209	Vonnie Breland
DeKalb	1-9	95	255	0-7-0	57	203	Billy Brown

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Foley outscored their opponents 433-6 in 1961. The Lions were named state champions by the Alabama Sports Writers Association that season.