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Sturgis Football Team History

Sturgis Lions

Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: H.E. Jones

1938 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2001

1953 Season Highlights

H.E. Jones enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Sturgis.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Noxapater *	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 25	@ Lexington *	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Carthage	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Maben *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. McAdams *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Brooksville *	0	26	L
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Durant *	13	47	L
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Kilmichael *	13	20	L
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. French Camp Academy *	19	6	W

1953 Season Totals
Record	2-6 -1
Points Scored	77
Scoring Average	8.6
Points Allowed	141
Defense Average	15.7
Opponents Record	43-49 -3
Home Record	1-3 -1
Away Record	1-3

1953 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Durant	10-1	327	110	8-0-0	272	59	Hugh Walker
Brooksville	7-2	126	92	6-0-0	108	39
Mathiston	7-3	223	144	6-3-0	168	144
McAdams	6-2-1	163	84	6-1-1	156	72	W.B. Montague
Kilmichael	5-5	193	200	4-3-0	146	120	Frank Hutchins
Lexington	4-6	130	146	4-3-0	117	88	Woodson Earle
Maben	4-5-1	141	153	3-4-0	102	126	Henry Morgan
Weir	4-3	100	98	3-3-0	86	92
French Camp Academy	4-6	94	159	2-4-0	54	99
West	3-3-1	106	113	2-2-1	80	94
Sturgis	2-6-1	77	141	2-5-1	77	134	H.E. Jones
Ethel	2-6-2	71	185	1-5-2	57	133
Noxapater	0-8	58	150	0-7-0	51	125	Ira Kirkpatrick Jr.
Sallis	0-1	20	31	0-1-0	20	31
Vaiden	0-7-1	59	211	0-6-1	52	190

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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.