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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 <-- 1970 <- 1971 -> 1972 --> 2024

1971 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1971 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. Kosciusko	35	14	W
Fri., Sep. 10	@ Louisville	6	19	L
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Oxford *	14	8	W
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. New Albany *	20	0	W
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Pontotoc *	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. Aberdeen *	31	0	W
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Amory *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Bruce *	41	8	W
Fri., Oct. 29	@ Houston *	38	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. West Point *	0	0	T

1971 Season Totals
Record	7-2 -1
Points Scored	213
Scoring Average	21.3
Points Allowed	56
Defense Average	5.6
Opponents Record	51-49 -3
Home Record	4-0 -1
Away Record	3-2

1971 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
West Point	7-3-1	225	111	7-0-1	185	46	Travis Langford
Oxford	8-3	217	103	6-2-0	166	60	Bob Sanders
Amory	7-4	225	111	6-2-0	193	44	Jerry Lyons
Starkville	7-2-1	213	56	6-1-1	172	23	Jim Craig
Pontotoc	5-5	171	129	3-5-0	105	129	Ralph Mitchell
New Albany	3-6-1	110	136	3-5-0	103	118	James Sloan
Houston	3-7	83	265	2-6-0	62	217	Billy Joe Rish
Aberdeen	2-6-1	70	144	2-6-0	70	144	Thomas Pierce
Bruce	0-11	44	355	0-8-0	26	300	Dwight Robinson

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