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Cleveland Football Team History

Cleveland Wildcats

Cleveland High School

300 West Sunflower Road Cleveland, MS
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Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Gene Meadows

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1915 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2016

1956 Season Highlights

Gene Meadows enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Cleveland.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	@ Shelby	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Newelton LA	6	6	T
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Batesville *	13	34	L
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Leland *	12	13	L
Fri., Sep. 28	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Belzoni *	31	6	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Indianola *	31	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ East Tallahatchie *	14	28	L
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. Yazoo City *	0	34	L
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. West Tallahatchie *	7	12	L
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Winona *	13	7	W
Fri., Nov. 16	@ Drew *	19	13	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	4-6 -1
Points Scored	146
Scoring Average	13.3
Points Allowed	179
Defense Average	16.3
Opponents Record	70-46 -3
Home Record	2-3 -1
Away Record	2-3

1956 Delta Valley Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Yazoo City	10-1	238	39	7-0-0	163	13	Howard Woods
West Tallahatchie	8-3	217	94	7-2-0	198	81	Bernard Blackwell
Winona	8-2	185	70	5-2-0	126	58	Doug Brown
Cleveland	4-6-1	146	179	4-5-0	140	160	Gene Meadows
East Tallahatchie	6-4	188	183	3-4-0	117	156	John Woolly
Batesville	6-2-2	190	149	3-2-1	93	110	Lawrence Mullins
Leland	3-7	105	158	3-5-0	98	118	Fred Morris
Belzoni	4-6	112	162	2-6-0	85	162	Roy Rodgers Brashier
Drew	2-7-1	90	211	2-6-1	90	204	Ray Shepherd
Indianola	2-7	72	132	2-6-0	72	119	Hugh Walker

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