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South Tippah Football Team History

South Tippah Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: John Curlee Jr.

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1933 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2023

1959 Season Highlights

John Curlee Jr. enters his 4th season as Head Coach at South Tippah.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Booneville *	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 11	Vardaman *	7	13	L
Fri., Sep. 18	Kossuth *	13	13	T
Fri., Sep. 25	Nettleton *	21	20	W
Fri., Oct. 2	Fulton *	18	27	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Baldwyn *	25	18	W
Fri., Oct. 16	New Albany	14	21	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Calhoun City *	12	20	L
Fri., Oct. 30	Okolona *	7	35	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Shannon *	12	6	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	3-6 -1
Points Scored	129
Scoring Average	12.9
Points Allowed	199
Defense Average	19.9
Opponents Record	42-35 -7
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1959 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Okolona	9-2	356	116	7-2-0	248	88	Jack Lewis
Fulton	8-2	175	111	7-1-0	128	64	Paul Prestage
Kossuth	6-3-1	162	107	5-3-1	137	100	Jim Drewry
Calhoun City	5-0-2	141	66	4-0-0	87	26	Otis Shuttles
South Tippah	3-6-1	129	199	3-5-1	115	178	John Curlee Jr.
Vardaman	3-4-2	101	156	2-3-2	60	115
Baldwyn	2-3-1	64	78	2-3-1	64	78	Jimmy Harris
Nettleton	2-5	98	145	2-3-0	86	79
Booneville	3-4	107	116	1-4-0	47	96	William Ward
Iuka	1-5	59	124	0-3-0	19	66	John Meeks
Shannon	0-6-1	27	128	0-6-1	27	128

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