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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: G.T. Thames

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1920 <-- 1975 <- 1976 -> 1977 --> 2024

1976 Season Highlights

G.T. Thames enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1976 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	@ Kosciusko	12	14	L
Fri., Sep. 10	vs. Caldwell *	19	7	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ Corinth	24	3	W
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. Louisville *	15	7	W
Fri., Oct. 1	@ Oxford *	31	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	vs. West Point *	7	12	L
Fri., Oct. 15	@ Grenada *	21	7	W
Fri., Oct. 22	vs. Aberdeen	28	12	W
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Lee *	27	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Tupelo *	19	17	W

1976 Season Totals
Record	8-2
Points Scored	203
Scoring Average	20.3
Points Allowed	79
Defense Average	7.9
Opponents Record	54-40 -5
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	3-1

1976 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Aberdeen	6-4	152	120	6-1-0	140	60	Thomas Pierce
Amory	5-5	167	108	5-2-0	131	52	Jerry Lyons
Houston	6-5	104	107	4-3-0	76	80	Crowell Armstrong
Corinth	5-5	133	165	4-3-0	102	100	Johnny Plummer
Fulton	5-5	171	150	4-3-0	96	69	Don Leathers
Pontotoc	5-6	157	165	4-4-0	104	116	Tommy Morton
Shannon	1-8	97	171	1-6-0	91	158	Thomas Suggs
New Albany	0-10	77	271	0-7-0	39	165
	South
West Point	9-1	250	79	6-1-0	163	66	Travis Langford
Starkville	8-2	203	79	6-1-0	139	50	G.T. Thames
Tupelo	7-2-1	164	68	4-2-1	103	56	Dennis Waite
Grenada	7-3-1	177	93	3-3-1	101	81
Louisville	5-3-1	162	117	3-3-1	118	108	Art Nester
Lee	4-5	79	145	3-4-0	66	128	Dennis Coleman
Caldwell	3-5-1	114	159	1-5-1	75	141	Waverly King
Oxford	0-9-1	105	295	0-7-0	56	191	Bob Sanders

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