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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: A.D. Owens

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1920 <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024

1980 Season Highlights

A.D. Owens enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1980 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	@ Kosciusko	0	15	L
Fri., Sep. 12	vs. Caldwell *	28	59	L
Fri., Sep. 19	@ Gordo AL	22	34	L
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. Louisville *	21	8	W
Fri., Oct. 3	vs. Oxford *	28	13	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. West Point *	7	19	L
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Grenada *	0	16	L
Fri., Oct. 24	vs. Aberdeen	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 31	vs. Lee *	0	28	L
Fri., Nov. 7	@ Tupelo *	6	27	L

1980 Season Totals
Record	2-7 -1
Points Scored	112
Scoring Average	11.2
Points Allowed	219
Defense Average	21.9
Opponents Record	53-42 -7
Home Record	2-3 -1
Away Record	0-4

1980 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
Amory	9-2	221	111	6-1-0	160	72	Keith Steele
Fulton	6-4	68	116	5-2-0	54	69	Larry Brown
New Albany	6-3-1	140	134	4-2-1	114	107	Ben Jones
Aberdeen	5-4-2	183	126	4-2-1	147	85	Thomas Pierce
Shannon	6-4-1	208	167	3-3-1	123	107	Lee Gardner
Corinth	4-5-1	166	165	3-3-1	127	112	Carlos McComb
Houston	3-8	164	200	1-6-0	76	118	Tommy Morton
Pontotoc	1-9	116	291	0-7-0	74	199	Bill Scott
	South
Lee	10-1-1	255	86	6-0-1	178	60	Johnny Bruce
Tupelo	8-2	238	105	5-2-0	156	81	Ricky Black
Grenada	6-3-1	168	114	4-2-1	120	82	Jack Holliday
West Point	6-4	133	85	4-3-0	98	65	Travis Langford
Caldwell	3-6-1	156	184	3-4-0	127	141	Butch Jones
Louisville	4-5	123	140	2-5-0	75	127	Jack McAlpin
Starkville	2-7-1	112	219	2-5-0	90	170	A.D. Owens
Oxford	2-9	50	196	1-6-0	40	158	Buzz Marrow

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