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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 <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024

1955 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1955 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ New Albany *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. University *	46	0	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. West Point *	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Philadelphia	7	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	@ Aberdeen *	26	13	W
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Grenada *	33	7	W
Fri., Oct. 14	@ Louisville	48	14	W
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. Houston *	32	0	W
Fri., Oct. 28	@ Pontotoc *	28	0	W
Fri., Nov. 4	@ Amory *	60	0	W

1955 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	332
Scoring Average	33.2
Points Allowed	34
Defense Average	3.4
Opponents Record	48-53 -1
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	6-0

1955 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	332	34	8-0-0	277	20	Walter Scales
West Point	9-1	286	73	7-1-0	214	66	Ben Ruscoe
Aberdeen	8-3	218	117	6-2-0	159	92	Bert Thompson
New Albany	7-3	196	96	5-3-0	156	89	Roy Johnston
Houston	4-6	175	222	3-5-0	141	177	Joe Brigance
Grenada	3-7	124	202	3-4-0	109	136	Bob Ellard
University	3-7	115	277	2-6-0	103	251	A.W. Carpenter
Pontotoc	2-8	92	214	0-7-0	40	193	Joe Silveri
Amory	1-9	54	306	0-8-0	34	247	Melvin Waters

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