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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: Walter Scales

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1920 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2024

1953 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	vs. Bruce	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	vs. University *	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. West Point *	19	6	W
Fri., Sep. 25	@ Philadelphia	0	6	L
Fri., Oct. 2	@ Aberdeen *	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Grenada *	26	0	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Louisville	20	18	W
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Houston *	27	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. Ackerman	39	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	@ Amory *	14	12	W
Fri., Nov. 20	vs. Kosciusko	42	0	W

1953 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	212
Scoring Average	19.3
Points Allowed	49
Defense Average	4.5
Opponents Record	65-43
Home Record	6-0
Away Record	3-2

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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