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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 <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2024

1966 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1966 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 2	@ Philadelphia	8	13	L
Fri., Sep. 9	vs. Louisville	25	13	W
Fri., Sep. 16	vs. University *	26	20	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ New Albany *	13	0	W
Fri., Sep. 30	vs. Pontotoc *	35	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	@ Aberdeen *	20	20	T
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Amory *	17	13	W
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Bruce *	35	7	W
Fri., Oct. 28	vs. Houston *	34	14	W
Fri., Nov. 4	@ West Point *	25	7	W
Sat., Nov. 19	Ackerman	26	22	W	Columbus

1966 Season Totals
Record	9-1 -1
Points Scored	264
Scoring Average	24.0
Points Allowed	129
Defense Average	11.7
Opponents Record	55-52 -5
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	3-1 -1

1966 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1-1	264	129	7-0-1	205	81	Jim Craig
Houston	8-3	157	123	6-2-0	110	84	Dewey Partridge
University	7-2	174	66	6-2-0	160	60
Aberdeen	7-2-1	200	106	5-2-1	143	93	Jack Harris
New Albany	5-5	153	130	4-4-0	119	109	Don Skelton
Amory	3-7	100	159	3-5-0	100	97	Jim Walden
West Point	3-8	71	170	2-6-0	59	136	Charlie Newell
Pontotoc	1-8-1	67	212	1-6-1	61	181	Joe Robertson
Bruce	0-9-1	50	168	0-7-1	44	154	Walter Ahrens

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