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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: Jim Dempsey

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1930 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Jim Dempsey enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Houston.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Eupora	12	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	New Albany *	7	12	L
Fri., Sep. 20	Pontotoc *	21	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	Aberdeen *	14	39	L
Fri., Oct. 4	Amory *	12	23	L
Fri., Oct. 11	Bruce *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 18	Okolona	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 25	West Point *	10	9	W
Fri., Nov. 1	Starkville *	3	20	L
Fri., Nov. 8	University *	0	0	T

1968 Season Totals
Record	3-5 -2
Points Scored	79
Scoring Average	7.9
Points Allowed	143
Defense Average	14.3
Opponents Record	49-42 -10
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	1-0

1968 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1	253	34	7-1-0	202	34	Jim Craig
Aberdeen	8-3	282	192	6-2-0	244	131	Jack Harris
New Albany	5-3-2	136	110	5-2-1	109	82	Don Skelton
Amory	5-4-2	182	155	4-2-2	139	97	Jim Walden
Pontotoc	3-5-2	94	173	3-5-0	87	166	Ralph Mitchell
West Point	3-7	131	149	3-5-0	104	102	Charlie Newell
Houston	3-5-2	79	143	2-4-2	67	103	Jim Dempsey
University	2-7-1	92	238	1-6-1	46	191	Bob Sanders
Bruce	1-6-2	56	160	1-5-2	49	142	J.V. Swindle

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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.