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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: Jack Nix

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1920 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Jack Nix enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ New Albany *	27	7	W
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. University *	20	20	T
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. West Point *	12	6	W
Fri., Sep. 27	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 4	@ Aberdeen *	27	19	W
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Grenada *	19	27	L
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Louisville	14	20	L
Fri., Oct. 25	vs. Houston *	28	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	@ Pontotoc *	20	7	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ Amory *	20	0	W
Fri., Nov. 15	OPEN

1957 Season Totals
Record	6-2 -1
Points Scored	187
Scoring Average	20.8
Points Allowed	106
Defense Average	11.8
Opponents Record	51-53 -5
Home Record	2-2 -1
Away Record	4-0

1957 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Grenada	9-1	224	92	7-1-0	175	79	Bob Ellard
University	7-1-1	185	81	6-1-1	172	75	A.W. Carpenter
Starkville	6-2-1	187	106	6-1-1	173	86	Jack Nix
Pontotoc	5-4-1	141	167	5-3-1	141	147	James Butler
Aberdeen	6-5	161	80	4-4-0	124	62	John Tidwell
West Point	5-5	124	136	3-5-0	82	124	Ben Ruscoe
Houston	3-6-1	119	182	2-5-1	79	144	Joe Brigance
Amory	1-8-1	59	198	1-7-0	52	160	Jim Ingram
New Albany	1-8	68	196	1-7-0	54	165	Roy Johnston

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