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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: Walter Scales

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1920 <-- 1950 <- 1951 -> 1952 --> 2024

1951 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1951 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. University *	12	20	L
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. West Point *	63	7	W
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Amory *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Aberdeen *	21	12	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Grenada *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Louisville	28	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ New Albany *	27	0	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. Ackerman	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Houston *	27	6	W
Fri., Nov. 16	@ Lee	60	6	W
Fri., Nov. 23	vs. Okolona *	68	0	W

1951 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	367
Scoring Average	33.4
Points Allowed	78
Defense Average	7.1
Opponents Record	54-56 -1
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	4-1

1951 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	10-0	249	44	9-0-0	235	38	Tommy Owens
Starkville	9-2	367	78	6-2-0	245	59	Walter Scales
Aberdeen	7-3	207	73	6-3-0	174	73	Bert Thompson
Grenada	7-3	149	94	6-3-0	136	87	A.L. Gerrard
University	7-3	209	58	5-3-0	133	51
Houston	5-5	191	171	4-5-0	154	165	Joe Brigance
New Albany	4-4	121	164	3-4-0	97	158	Tom Cotten
West Point	2-8	60	193	2-7-0	60	166	Howard E. Shook
Pontotoc	3-8	137	237	1-7-0	85	207	James Butler
Okolona	0-10	18	353	0-8-0	12	328

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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.