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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 <-- 1947 <- 1948 -> 1949 --> 2024

1948 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1948 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	vs. New Albany *	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	vs. Macon	35	0	W
Fri., Sep. 24	@ West Point *	32	20	W
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Amory *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Aberdeen *	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Corinth	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Grenada *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Louisville	7	21	L
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Okolona *	41	0	W
Fri., Nov. 12	@ Kosciusko	0	40	L

1948 Season Totals
Record	6-3 -1
Points Scored	159
Scoring Average	15.9
Points Allowed	87
Defense Average	8.7
Opponents Record	57-50 -4
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	2-1 -1

1948 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Grenada	9-3	222	77	6-1-0	78	20	Archie Stubbs
West Point	8-3-1	185	117	6-2-1	151	83	Howard E. Shook
Starkville	6-3-1	159	87	5-1-0	117	26	Walter Scales
Aberdeen	5-4-1	157	65	4-3-1	97	52	James Wade
Houston	5-4-1	156	138	4-3-0	86	93	Willie Foster
New Albany	5-6-1	124	109	3-4-1	71	64	Tom Cotten
Pontotoc	5-5	129	118	2-4-0	52	86	Mitch Grisson
Amory	3-8	98	156	2-5-0	58	102	James Baughn
University	3-3-1	73	32	1-3-1	20	20
Okolona	0-11	38	337	0-7-0	26	210	Joe Dollar

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