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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: Jack Nix

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1920 <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024

1956 Season Highlights

Jack Nix enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1956 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 31	vs. New Albany *	30	6	W
Fri., Sep. 7	@ University *	23	13	W
Fri., Sep. 14	@ West Point *	7	6	W
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Philadelphia	19	6	W
Fri., Sep. 28	vs. Aberdeen *	45	20	W
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Grenada *	14	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Louisville	28	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Houston *	19	6	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Pontotoc *	58	6	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. Amory *	38	13	W

1956 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	281
Scoring Average	28.1
Points Allowed	76
Defense Average	7.6
Opponents Record	38-55 -8
Home Record	6-0
Away Record	4-0

1956 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	281	76	8-0-0	234	70	Jack Nix
Grenada	7-3-1	146	79	6-1-1	120	47	Bob Ellard
West Point	6-2-2	180	71	5-2-1	141	59	Ben Ruscoe
Aberdeen	5-4	183	157	4-4-0	145	143	John Tidwell
Houston	5-5	196	197	4-4-0	142	136	Joe Brigance
University	4-4-1	164	134	4-4-0	157	127	A.W. Carpenter
New Albany	2-5-2	108	136	2-4-2	89	102	Roy Johnston
Pontotoc	2-8	116	290	1-8-0	92	277	Joe Silveri
Amory	0-11	74	286	0-8-0	56	221	Melvin Waters

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