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Houston Football Team History

Houston Hilltoppers

Houston High School

634 Starkville Road Houston, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Dewey Partridge

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1930 <-- 1962 <- 1963 -> 1964 --> 2024

1963 Season Highlights

Dewey Partridge enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Houston.

1963 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	Water Valley	6	28	L
Fri., Sep. 13	New Albany *	18	33	L
Fri., Sep. 20	Pontotoc *	19	12	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Aberdeen *	26	14	W
Fri., Oct. 4	Amory *	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	Bruce *	33	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	Okolona	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 25	West Point *	13	21	L
Fri., Nov. 1	Starkville *	6	7	L
Fri., Nov. 8	University *	20	0	W
Thu., Nov. 21	Ackerman	32	7	W	Lexington

1963 Season Totals
Record	6-4 -1
Points Scored	214
Scoring Average	19.5
Points Allowed	136
Defense Average	12.4
Opponents Record	64-46 -2
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1963 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Albany	10-0	305	58	8-0-0	281	45	William Ward
West Point	10-1	241	26	7-1-0	202	26
Starkville	6-4	167	112	6-2-0	160	65	Jack Nix
Houston	6-4-1	214	136	5-3-0	169	94	Dewey Partridge
Pontotoc	5-5	125	192	4-5-0	113	192	Bradley Sanders
University	4-6	92	178	3-5-0	73	140	Bill Calhoun
Amory	2-8	62	261	2-6-0	56	195	Doug Brown
Bruce	3-7	74	179	1-7-0	34	165	David Oakes
Aberdeen	0-10	48	325	0-8-0	48	254	John Holliday

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.