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Houston Football Team History

Houston Hilltoppers

Houston High School

634 Starkville Road Houston, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Flavius Alford

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1930 <-- 1953 <- 1954 -> 1955 --> 2024

1954 Season Highlights

Flavius Alford enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Houston.

1954 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	vs. New Albany *	12	6	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Grenada *	13	34	L
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. Pontotoc *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Eupora	25	12	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Okolona *	6	18	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Aberdeen *	7	13	L
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Starkville *	6	35	L
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. University *	0	12	L
Fri., Nov. 5	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 12	@ West Point *	7	46	L

1954 Season Totals
Record	3-6
Points Scored	96
Scoring Average	10.7
Points Allowed	176
Defense Average	19.6
Opponents Record	56-42 -1
Home Record	2-2
Away Record	1-4

1954 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1	336	73	8-0-0	302	52	Walter Scales
West Point	9-1	371	82	7-1-0	305	69	Harper Davis
University	7-2	190	104	6-2-0	169	98	A.W. Carpenter
Aberdeen	6-4	115	206	5-4-0	94	187	Bert Thompson
Amory	6-4	165	166	5-3-0	132	112	Murphy Lowther
Grenada	5-5	208	229	3-4-0	125	172	Bob Ellard
Okolona	4-6	128	138	2-6-0	88	132
Houston	3-6	96	176	2-6-0	71	164	Flavius Alford
New Albany	3-7	88	209	2-6-0	64	184	Roy Johnston
Pontotoc	1-9	77	245	0-7-0	31	188	Sherard Shaw

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.