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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: Jim Craig

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1920 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024

1973 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Kosciusko	0	14	L
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Louisville	0	7	L
Fri., Sep. 21	@ Oxford *	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. New Albany *	16	13	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Pontotoc *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 12	@ Aberdeen *	14	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Amory *	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Corinth *	14	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Neshoba Central	34	12	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. West Point *	14	0	W

1973 Season Totals
Record	6-4
Points Scored	133
Scoring Average	13.3
Points Allowed	79
Defense Average	7.9
Opponents Record	53-34 -11
Home Record	3-1
Away Record	3-3

1973 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Corinth	10-1	235	49	6-1-0	131	41	Johnny Plummer
Starkville	6-4	133	79	5-2-0	99	46	Jim Craig
Pontotoc	6-1-4	170	114	3-1-3	90	63	Tommy Morton
Oxford	5-2-2	112	78	3-2-2	65	54	Bob Sanders
West Point	4-5-1	79	120	3-3-1	54	55	Travis Langford
Aberdeen	3-6	74	119	2-5-0	48	98	Thomas Pierce
New Albany	3-6-1	103	143	1-5-1	49	98	Jack Stanley
Amory	1-6-2	45	143	1-5-1	39	120	Jerry Lyons

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