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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: Crowell Armstrong

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1930 <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024

1978 Season Highlights

Crowell Armstrong enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Houston.

1978 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 25	@ Okolona	28	6	W
Fri., Sep. 1	vs. Fulton *	23	0	W
Fri., Sep. 8	@ Corinth *	0	28	L
Fri., Sep. 15	@ New Hope	10	6	W
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. Shannon *	6	20	L
Fri., Sep. 29	vs. Winona	7	9	L
Fri., Oct. 6	@ Aberdeen *	0	19	L
Fri., Oct. 13	vs. New Albany *	10	7	W
Fri., Oct. 20	@ Bruce	0	34	L
Fri., Oct. 27	@ Pontotoc *	22	20	W
Fri., Nov. 3	vs. Amory *	5	8	L

1978 Season Totals
Record	5-6
Points Scored	111
Scoring Average	10.1
Points Allowed	157
Defense Average	14.3
Opponents Record	58-57 -1
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	3-3

1978 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Shannon	8-2	228	164	7-0-0	168	88	Thomas Suggs
Aberdeen	6-4	206	139	6-1-0	167	65	Thomas Pierce
Corinth	8-3	269	104	5-2-0	179	48	Carlos McComb
Houston	5-6	111	157	3-4-0	66	102	Crowell Armstrong
Amory	4-6	114	186	3-4-0	93	132	Jerry Lyons
Pontotoc	4-7	182	198	2-5-0	112	139	Tommy Patterson
Fulton	2-8	78	188	1-6-0	57	135	Don Leathers
New Albany	1-10	66	283	1-6-0	47	177
	South
Starkville	9-2	256	107	7-0-0	197	58	G.T. Thames
Caldwell	7-3	175	89	5-2-0	117	39	Butch Jones
Grenada	7-4	154	142	4-3-0	82	116
Louisville	5-5	197	130	4-3-0	157	99	Art Nester
West Point	6-4	152	116	3-4-0	98	104	Travis Langford
Tupelo	4-6	189	208	3-4-0	119	134	Dennis Waite
Oxford	2-8	111	243	1-6-0	70	190	George Blair
Lee	1-9	86	261	1-6-0	79	179	Chet Bergalowski

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