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Starkville Football Team History

Starkville Yellow Jackets

Starkville High School

603 Yellow Jacket Drive Starkville, MS
Stadium: Yellow Jacket Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jim Craig

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1920 <-- 1966 <- 1967 -> 1968 --> 2024

1967 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1967 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 8	vs. Philadelphia	28	6	W
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Louisville	6	7	L
Fri., Sep. 22	@ University *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. New Albany *	36	13	W
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Pontotoc *	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Aberdeen *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Amory *	14	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Bruce *	49	7	W
Sat., Nov. 4	@ Houston *	14	14	T
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. West Point *	37	6	W

1967 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	260
Scoring Average	26.0
Points Allowed	53
Defense Average	5.3
Opponents Record	45-49 -7
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	3-1 -1

1967 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	8-3	220	115	7-1-0	182	65	Jim Walden
Starkville	8-1-1	260	53	7-0-1	226	40	Jim Craig
West Point	7-3	177	112	6-2-0	144	77	Charlie Newell
Houston	7-2-2	217	128	4-2-2	160	107	William Ward
New Albany	4-5	169	160	4-4-0	169	140	Don Skelton
Aberdeen	4-5-1	144	140	3-4-1	103	92	Jack Harris
Pontotoc	2-8	110	173	2-6-0	76	132	Ralph Mitchell
University	1-8-1	68	180	1-7-0	47	133	Bob Sanders
Bruce	0-9	75	424	0-8-0	69	391	J.V. Swindle

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