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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 <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024

1965 Season Highlights

Jack Nix enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1965 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. Philadelphia	0	14	L
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Louisville	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ University *	0	16	L
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. New Albany *	18	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Pontotoc *	6	35	L
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Aberdeen *	6	9	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Amory *	28	6	W
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Bruce *	26	21	W
Fri., Oct. 29	@ Houston *	13	7	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. West Point *	3	21	L

1965 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Points Scored	113
Scoring Average	11.3
Points Allowed	129
Defense Average	12.9
Opponents Record	48-40 -9
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	3-2

1965 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Aberdeen	8-2	146	64	7-1-0	125	42	Jack Harris
Pontotoc	7-2-1	195	72	5-2-1	134	66	Joe Robertson
West Point	6-2-2	112	37	5-2-1	103	37	Charlie Newell
University	5-2-2	170	105	5-1-2	163	80	Bill Calhoun
Starkville	5-5	113	129	4-4-0	100	115	Jack Nix
New Albany	5-3-2	147	139	3-3-2	94	111	William Ward
Houston	2-6-2	49	110	2-4-2	43	79	Dewey Partridge
Bruce	3-7	127	212	1-7-0	89	181	Walter Ahrens
Amory	0-9	77	222	0-8-0	70	207	Jim Walden

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