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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: Billy Joe Rish

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1930 <-- 1969 <- 1970 -> 1971 --> 2024

1970 Season Highlights

Billy Joe Rish enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Houston.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	Eupora	7	35	L
Fri., Sep. 11	New Albany *	6	12	L
Fri., Sep. 18	Pontotoc *	0	27	L
Fri., Sep. 25	Aberdeen *	0	33	L
Fri., Oct. 2	Amory *	13	36	L
Fri., Oct. 9	Bruce *	0	12	L
Fri., Oct. 16	Okolona	0	22	L
Fri., Oct. 23	West Point *	12	44	L
Fri., Oct. 30	Starkville *	0	49	L
Fri., Nov. 6	Oxford *	18	21	L

1970 Season Totals
Record	0-10
Points Scored	56
Scoring Average	5.6
Points Allowed	291
Defense Average	29.1
Opponents Record	54-45 -1
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1970 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	415	39	8-0-0	355	32	Jim Craig
Amory	9-1	257	104	7-1-0	231	97	Jerry Lyons
West Point	5-5	216	210	5-3-0	200	141	Travis Langford
Aberdeen	5-4	195	126	4-4-0	147	120	Thomas Pierce
Pontotoc	3-7	199	283	3-5-0	170	221	Ralph Mitchell
New Albany	3-7	99	207	2-6-0	67	173
Bruce	1-9	58	360	1-7-0	52	292	Dwight Robinson
Oxford	6-4	195	195				Bob Sanders
Houston	0-10	56	291	0-8-0	49	234	Billy Joe Rish

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