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Sturgis Football Team History

Sturgis Lions

Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: H.E. Jones

1938 <-- 1952 <- 1953 -> 1954 --> 2001

1953 Season Highlights

H.E. Jones enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Sturgis.

1953 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 11	@ Noxapater *	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 25	@ Lexington *	0	21	L
Fri., Oct. 2	vs. Carthage	0	7	L
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Maben *	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 16	vs. McAdams *	0	0	T
Fri., Oct. 23	@ Brooksville *	0	26	L
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Durant *	13	47	L
Fri., Nov. 6	vs. Kilmichael *	13	20	L
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. French Camp Academy *	19	6	W

1953 Season Totals
Record	2-6 -1
Points Scored	77
Scoring Average	8.6
Points Allowed	141
Defense Average	15.7
Opponents Record	43-49 -3
Home Record	1-3 -1
Away Record	1-3

1953 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Durant	10-1	327	110	8-0-0	272	59	Hugh Walker
Brooksville	7-2	126	92	6-0-0	108	39
Mathiston	7-3	223	144	6-3-0	168	144
McAdams	6-2-1	163	84	6-1-1	156	72	W.B. Montague
Kilmichael	5-5	193	200	4-3-0	146	120	Frank Hutchins
Lexington	4-6	130	146	4-3-0	117	88	Woodson Earle
Maben	4-5-1	141	153	3-4-0	102	126	Henry Morgan
Weir	4-3	100	98	3-3-0	86	92
French Camp Academy	4-6	94	159	2-4-0	54	99
West	3-3-1	106	113	2-2-1	80	94
Sturgis	2-6-1	77	141	2-5-1	77	134	H.E. Jones
Ethel	2-6-2	71	185	1-5-2	57	133
Noxapater	0-8	58	150	0-7-0	51	125	Ira Kirkpatrick Jr.
Sallis	0-1	20	31	0-1-0	20	31
Vaiden	0-7-1	59	211	0-6-1	52	190

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