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

1970 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1970 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	@ Kosciusko	27	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	vs. Louisville	33	7	W
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. Oxford *	40	6	W
Fri., Sep. 25	@ New Albany *	46	0	W
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Pontotoc *	49	7	W
Fri., Oct. 9	@ Aberdeen *	46	6	W
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. Amory *	34	7	W
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Bruce *	50	0	W
Fri., Oct. 30	vs. Houston *	49	0	W
Fri., Nov. 6	@ West Point *	41	6	W

1970 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	415
Scoring Average	41.5
Points Allowed	39
Defense Average	3.9
Opponents Record	41-53 -3
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	5-0

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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