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Greenwood Football Team History

Greenwood Bulldogs

Greenwood High School

1209 Garrard Avenue Greenwood, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Jim Champion

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1913 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2023

1956 Season Highlights

Jim Champion enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Greenwood.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. Leland	20	0	W
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Corinth *	39	9	W
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Lee *	35	13	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Meridian *	7	8	L
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Tupelo *	32	7	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Clarksdale *	3	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Murrah *	39	0	W
Sat., Nov. 3	@ Central Jackson *	21	7	W
Sat., Nov. 10	@ Vicksburg *	7	6	W
Thu., Nov. 22	vs. Greenville *	13	26	L

1956 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	216
Scoring Average	21.6
Points Allowed	76
Defense Average	7.6
Opponents Record	46-50 -5
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-1

1956 Big 8 N Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Greenville	9-2	235	91	7-1-0	148	58	Hartwell McPhail
Greenwood	8-2	216	76	7-2-0	196	76	Jim Champion
Vicksburg	8-2	214	81	5-1-0	123	41	Gene Allen
Meridian	6-3-1	115	119	5-1-1	96	65	Dave Owens
Clarksdale	5-5	189	97	3-4-0	111	90	Hank Steinriede
Corinth	4-4-2	143	173	2-4-1	90	143	Harold Wesson
Tupelo	4-5-1	138	175	2-4-1	74	129	Kenneth Farris
Central Jackson	3-7	46	125	2-5-0	26	66	Curtis Allen
Lee	2-7-1	110	179	1-6-1	65	148	Hal Easterwood
Murrah	2-8	80	187	1-7-0	53	166	James E. Merritt

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