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Meridian Football Team History


Meridian Wildcats
Meridian High School

2320 32nd Street Meridian, MS
Stadium: Ray Stadium
Colors: Blue & White
Coach: Shelton Gandy

Overall Record Progress      96.5% Complete
   
  
Team Timeline
First Team: 1908  (#1)
 
Championships
State Playoff Championships
1985, 1990, 2008
District Championships
  1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
1993, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 748-340-46
 Winning Pct. 69%
 State Playoff Titles 3
 District Titles 15
 District Record 175-74
 Home Record 293-95-10
 Away Record 194-138-10
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 114
 Winning Seasons (#2) 80
 Losing Seasons (#2)21
 Most Wins in A Season 14 (2010)
 Most Losses in A Season 10 (2019)
 10 Win Seasons 27
 Most Points Scored in a Game 70 (11/8/1996)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 572 (2008)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 66 (10/6/2017)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 524 (2019)
 Largest Margin of Victory 69 (11/21/1914)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 62 (10/4/2019)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 107 (10/6/2017)
 Last Shutout 11/2/2017
 Last Time Shutout 11/17/2023
 Shutouts All-Time 266
 Been Shutout All-Time 98
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 26 (11/26/1936-10/13/1939)
 Longest Losing 9 (8/30/2019-10/24/2019)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 42-29
 Appearances 32
 1st Round 21-12
 2nd Round 12-7
 3rd Round 0-0
 Semi-Finals 6-7
 Finals 3-3
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  18-25
 2010-19  83-49
 2000-09  90-40
 1990-99 82-37
 1980-89 78-34-1
 1970-79 63-40-4
 1960-69 72-19-9
 1950-59 60-31-10
 
Next Game
 2023 Season is over.
 
2023 Season
 8/24  @ Quitman    6   7   L  
 9/1  vs. Biloxi    42   14   W  
 9/8  vs. Starkville    21   41   L  
 9/15  vs. Laurel    38   47   L  
 9/21  @ Callaway    32   6   W  
 9/29  @ Harrison Central    30   29   W  
 10/6  vs. Oak Grove   *  35   45   L  
 10/13  @ Northwest Rankin   *  38   31   W  
 10/20  vs. Petal   *  27   8   W  
 10/27  @ Brandon   *  35   41   L  
 11/2  vs. Pearl   *  0   21   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/10  @ Ocean Springs    35   23   W  
 11/17  @ Oak Grove    0   35   L  
 
2023 Season Totals
  Record6-7
  Scoring339-348
  Region Record2-3
  Home Record2-4
  Away Record4-3
 
 Region 3 Standings
  Brandon 10-35-0
  Meridian 6-72-3
  Northwest Rankin 5-51-4
  Oak Grove 13-14-1
  Pearl 8-42-3
  Petal 4-61-4
Longest Running Rivalry
 Meridian & Laurel have played 80 games.
Meridian has won 44 games.
Laurel has won 31 games.
with 5 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-31
 10 or more 191-83
 20 or more  172-40
 30 or more 119-12
 40 or more 59-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 88-3
 10 or more 103-111
 20 or more 52-96
 30 or more 10-67
 40 or more 2-35
 
Border Wars
 vs. Georgia 0 - 1 - 2
 vs. Tennessee 1 - 1 - 0
 vs. Louisiana 0 - 3 - 0
 vs. Alabama 36 - 12 - 2
 
  
 
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.

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