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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 <-- 1950 <- 1951 -> 1952 --> 2024

1951 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1951 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 14	vs. University *	12	20	L
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. West Point *	63	7	W
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Amory *	6	14	L
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Aberdeen *	21	12	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Grenada *	21	0	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Louisville	28	13	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ New Albany *	27	0	W
Fri., Nov. 2	vs. Ackerman	34	0	W
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Houston *	27	6	W
Fri., Nov. 16	@ Lee	60	6	W
Fri., Nov. 23	vs. Okolona *	68	0	W

1951 Season Totals
Record	9-2
Points Scored	367
Scoring Average	33.4
Points Allowed	78
Defense Average	7.1
Opponents Record	54-56 -1
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	4-1

1951 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Amory	10-0	249	44	9-0-0	235	38	Tommy Owens
Starkville	9-2	367	78	6-2-0	245	59	Walter Scales
Aberdeen	7-3	207	73	6-3-0	174	73	Bert Thompson
Grenada	7-3	149	94	6-3-0	136	87	A.L. Gerrard
University	7-3	209	58	5-3-0	133	51
Houston	5-5	191	171	4-5-0	154	165	Joe Brigance
New Albany	4-4	121	164	3-4-0	97	158	Tom Cotten
West Point	2-8	60	193	2-7-0	60	166	Howard E. Shook
Pontotoc	3-8	137	237	1-7-0	85	207	James Butler
Okolona	0-10	18	353	0-8-0	12	328

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