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Houston Football Team History

Houston Hilltoppers

Houston High School

634 Starkville Road Houston, MS
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Colors: Maroon & White
Coach: Flavius Alford

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1930 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

Flavius Alford enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Houston.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 11	@ New Albany *	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. Grenada *	0	13	L
Fri., Sep. 25	@ Pontotoc *	7	6	W
Fri., Oct. 2	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 9	@ Okolona *	13	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. Aberdeen *	6	25	L
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Starkville *	0	27	L
Fri., Oct. 30	@ University *	0	31	L
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Brooksville	26	6	W
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. West Point *	18	27	L

1953 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	77
Scoring Average	8.6
Points Allowed	141
Defense Average	15.7
Opponents Record	51-45 -2
Home Record	1-4
Away Record	3-1

1953 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Aberdeen	10-1	298	46	8-0-0	230	32	Bert Thompson
West Point	7-3	252	169	6-2-0	220	124	Harper Davis
Starkville	9-2	212	49	5-1-0	105	25	Walter Scales
University	6-3	208	64	5-3-0	169	58
Amory	5-5	169	132	4-3-0	117	90	Murphy Lowther
Houston	4-5	77	141	3-5-0	51	135	Flavius Alford
Grenada	4-6	177	178	2-4-0	93	117	A.L. Gerrard
Okolona	3-6	62	173	1-6-0	29	166
Pontotoc	2-7-1	90	238	1-3-0	51	102	Charles Shumake
New Albany	1-8	38	252	1-6-0	32	186	W.J. Davis

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