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Sturgis Football Team History

Sturgis Lions

Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Marion Kelly

1938 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2001

1956 Season Highlights

Marion Kelly enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Sturgis.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	Noxapater *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 14	New Hope	18	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	Brooksville *	26	20	W
Fri., Sep. 28	Caledonia	39	6	W
Fri., Oct. 5	Maben *	19	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	McAdams *	33	14	W
Fri., Oct. 19	Ackerman	13	39	L
Fri., Oct. 26	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 2	Kilmichael *	6	28	L
Sat., Nov. 10	OPEN

1956 Season Totals
Record	6-2
Points Scored	180
Scoring Average	22.5
Points Allowed	113
Defense Average	14.1
Opponents Record	38-46 -3
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1956 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Vaiden	6-3	198	95	6-2-0	192	75
Durant	8-0	225	32	5-0-0	147	19	Hugh Walker
Lexington	8-1	228	84	5-0-0	145	38	Woodson Earle
Brooksville	6-2	133	98	5-2-0	114	85	Bill Spigner
Sturgis	6-2	180	113	4-1-0	110	62	Marion Kelly
Kilmichael	4-5	147	122	4-2-0	133	76	M.B. Holmes
Ethel	4-4-1	104	153	3-4-1	84	153	James Johnston
McAdams	4-5-1	173	201	3-4-1	133	180	George Cain
Weir	3-3	92	92	3-2-0	80	73	Jimmy Graves
French Camp Academy	3-5	138	154	2-5-0	92	154	Billy Thompson
Maben	3-7	118	230	2-6-0	65	173	Henry Morgan
Mathiston	1-8	96	219	1-6-0	84	145	Gaines Crawford
Noxapater	0-10	77	269	0-9-0	77	223	Leon Burton

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