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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: Doss Fulton

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1920 <-- 1938 <- 1939 -> 1940 --> 2024

1939 Season Highlights

Doss Fulton enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1939 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 15	@ Indianola	14	21	L
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Corinth *	19	13	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Forest	0	12	L
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. West Point *	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Amory *	12	14	L
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Aberdeen *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Quitman	0	7	L
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Pontotoc *	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. Lee	7	20	L
Fri., Nov. 17	vs. Okolona *	19	0	W
Fri., Nov. 24	@ Louisville	6	0	W

1939 Season Totals
Record	5-5 -1
Points Scored	130
Scoring Average	11.8
Points Allowed	94
Defense Average	8.5
Opponents Record	57-39 -7
Home Record	3-1 -1
Away Record	2-4

1939 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	10-2	252	46	7-1-0	173	38	Earl Hutson
Starkville	5-5-1	130	94	4-1-1	103	34	Doss Fulton
West Point	5-3-2	127	111	4-1-1	92	65	Homer Catledge
Houston	7-4	188	58	3-3-0	68	45	F.L. Thompson
Pontotoc	6-4	191	67	2-3-0	51	54	Vick Metts
Corinth	2-6-2	79	179	2-4-1	73	110	Cecil Meyers
Okolona	2-3	26	70	2-3-0	26	70
New Albany	1-3-1	52	47	1-3-1	52	47
Aberdeen	0-10	0	219	0-6-0	0	168	Robert Strait

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