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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: Jim Craig

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1920 <-- 1973 <- 1974 -> 1975 --> 2024

1974 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 9th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1974 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 6	@ Kosciusko	19	22	L
Fri., Sep. 13	vs. Louisville	6	0	W
Fri., Sep. 20	vs. Oxford *	21	7	W
Fri., Sep. 27	@ New Albany *	12	6	W
Fri., Oct. 4	vs. Pontotoc *	34	0	W
Fri., Oct. 11	@ Aberdeen *	13	7	W
Fri., Oct. 18	vs. Amory *	34	6	W
Fri., Oct. 25	@ Corinth *	7	0	W
Fri., Nov. 1	vs. Caldwell	20	7	W
Fri., Nov. 8	@ West Point *	15	6	W

1974 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	181
Scoring Average	18.1
Points Allowed	61
Defense Average	6.1
Opponents Record	48-50 -2
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	4-1

1974 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1	181	61	7-0-0	136	32	Jim Craig
West Point	7-4	172	154	6-1-0	139	75	Travis Langford
Corinth	8-2	141	83	5-2-0	96	75	Johnny Plummer
Aberdeen	3-6	133	151	3-4-0	106	103	Thomas Pierce
Amory	3-7	161	260	3-4-0	127	167	Jerry Lyons
New Albany	3-7	117	182	2-5-0	104	127	Jack Stanley
Oxford	2-8	100	134	2-5-0	87	98	Bob Sanders
Pontotoc	1-9	96	223	0-7-0	47	165	Tommy Morton

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