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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 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights

Jack Nix enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Louisville	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 15	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 22	@ University *	0	25	L
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. New Albany *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Pontotoc *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. Aberdeen *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Amory *	28	46	L
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Bruce *	47	6	W
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Houston *	43	0	W
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. West Point *	33	6	W

1961 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	192
Scoring Average	21.3
Points Allowed	122
Defense Average	13.6
Opponents Record	51-44 -2
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	2-3

1961 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	9-0	316	69	8-0-0	277	69	Doug Brown
University	10-1	371	64	7-1-0	258	38	Bill Calhoun
New Albany	6-3	131	104	5-3-0	118	104	William Ward
Aberdeen	4-5-1	114	114	4-3-1	107	96	Bill Brumley
Starkville	4-5	192	122	4-4-0	192	109	Jack Nix
Pontotoc	3-5-1	111	146	3-4-1	105	134	Charles Duck
West Point	3-6	150	177	3-5-0	144	164	Russell Reid
Houston	1-9	51	351	1-7-0	44	293	James Hood
Bruce	1-9	58	303	0-8-0	32	270	James Kelly

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