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Sturgis Football Team History

Sturgis Lions

Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Bruce Burney

1938 <-- 1953 <- 1954 -> 1955 --> 2001

1954 Season Highlights

Bruce Burney enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Sturgis.

1954 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 10	Noxapater *	12	0	W
Fri., Sep. 17	Bond
Thu., Sep. 23	Hickory	33	14	W
Fri., Oct. 1	Carthage	6	47	L
Fri., Oct. 8	Maben *	20	7	W
Fri., Oct. 15	McAdams *	0	9	L
Fri., Oct. 22	Brooksville *	26	6	W
Fri., Oct. 29	Durant *	0	34	L
Fri., Nov. 5	Kilmichael *	26	12	W
Fri., Nov. 12	French Camp Academy *	7	26	L

1954 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	130
Scoring Average	14.4
Points Allowed	155
Defense Average	17.2
Opponents Record	38-39 -5
Home Record	0-0
Away Record	0-0

1954 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Mathiston	9-0-1	191	37	8-0-1	191	37
Durant	10-1	320	99	7-0-0	224	48	Hugh Walker
Lexington	6-3	153	122	6-2-0	140	81	Woodson Earle
French Camp Academy	6-2	161	53	5-2-0	128	53	Billy Thompson
McAdams	6-3-1	168	66	5-3-1	141	52	W.B. Montague
Noxapater	6-3-2	199	98	4-2-2	146	57	Leon Burton
Sturgis	5-4	130	155	4-3-0	91	94	Bruce Burney
Vaiden	4-4	141	117	4-3-0	128	90	Pete Garrett
Sallis	4-4	87	150	3-4-0	54	144
Weir	3-3	117	163	2-3-0	56	157
Maben	2-8	120	153	1-7-0	87	140	Henry Morgan
Kilmichael	1-8	70	233	1-6-0	64	149
West	1-5	7	65	1-5-0	7	65
Brooksville	0-6-1	24	213	0-4-1	24	136
Ethel	0-8-1	36	258	0-6-1	30	208	E.C. Hughes

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