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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: Jim Craig

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1920 <-- 1967 <- 1968 -> 1969 --> 2024

1968 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1968 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Philadelphia	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. Louisville	26	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. University *	33	0	W
Fri., Sep. 27	@ New Albany *	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Pontotoc *	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Aberdeen *	19	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Amory *	14	10	W
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Bruce *	42	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	vs. Houston *	20	3	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ West Point *	0	14	L

1968 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	253
Scoring Average	25.3
Points Allowed	34
Defense Average	3.4
Opponents Record	39-51 -11
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	4-1

1968 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1	253	34	7-1-0	202	34	Jim Craig
Aberdeen	8-3	282	192	6-2-0	244	131	Jack Harris
New Albany	5-3-2	136	110	5-2-1	109	82	Don Skelton
Amory	5-4-2	182	155	4-2-2	139	97	Jim Walden
Pontotoc	3-5-2	94	173	3-5-0	87	166	Ralph Mitchell
West Point	3-7	131	149	3-5-0	104	102	Charlie Newell
Houston	3-5-2	79	143	2-4-2	67	103	Jim Dempsey
University	2-7-1	92	238	1-6-1	46	191	Bob Sanders
Bruce	1-6-2	56	160	1-5-2	49	142	J.V. Swindle

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

In 1969 the two point conversion was adopted for play following a touchdown. Until that time all conversions were worth one point.