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Ripley Football Team History

Ripley Tigers

Ripley High School

720 South Clayton Road Ripley, MS
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Compton Shelton

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1933 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2023

1970 Season Highlights

Compton Shelton enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Ripley.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	New Albany	8	12	L
Fri., Sep. 11	Saltillo *	29	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	Baldwyn *	6	14	L
Fri., Sep. 25	Okolona *	13	24	L
Thu., Oct. 1	@ Kossuth *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 9	Shannon *	22	39	L
Fri., Oct. 16	Calhoun City *	14	36	L
Fri., Oct. 23	Nettleton *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 30	Fulton *	14	32	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Booneville *	7	6	W

1970 Season Totals
Record	4-6
Points Scored	152
Scoring Average	15.2
Points Allowed	175
Defense Average	17.5
Opponents Record	52-51 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1970 Tombigbee Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Calhoun City	10-1	362	124	8-1-0	270	124	Billy Cook
Shannon	9-2	287	135	7-2-0	250	133	Thomas Suggs
Fulton	7-4	230	145	7-2-0	216	120	Ben Jones
Okolona	7-4	254	175	6-4-0	218	169	Sammy Graves
Booneville	6-3-1	203	91	5-3-1	181	91	Jim Drewry
Baldwyn	5-5-1	172	167	4-4-1	154	151	Jackie Spradling
Ripley	4-6	152	175	4-5-0	144	163	Compton Shelton
Nettleton	2-8	115	251	2-7-0	109	203	Don Whitlock
Saltillo	2-8	108	265	2-7-0	108	245	Mitch Grissom
Kossuth	1-9	131	335	0-9-0	97	323	Tommy Lucas

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Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.