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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: Vick Metts

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1930 <-- 1943 <- 1944 -> 1945 --> 2026

1944 Season Highlights

Vick Metts enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Houston.

1944 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 15	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 22	vs. New Albany *	13	6	W
Fri., Sep. 29	@ Grenada	0	14	L
Fri., Oct. 6	vs. Pontotoc *	20	6	W
Fri., Oct. 13	@ Amory *	12	46	L
Fri., Oct. 20	vs. Okolona *	41	0	W
Fri., Oct. 27	vs. Ackerman	7	13	L
Fri., Nov. 3	@ West Point *	13	19	L
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. University *	0	26	L
Fri., Nov. 17	@ Starkville *	7	45	L

1944 Season Totals
Record	3-6
Points Scored	113
Scoring Average	12.6
Points Allowed	175
Defense Average	19.4
Opponents Record	41-33
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	0-4

1944 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-2	246	95	6-1-0	118	42	Doss Fulton
Amory	9-2	407	69	5-2-0	186	51	Faye Reid
West Point	7-3	195	57	4-2-0	71	39	Howard E. Shook
University	5-2	72	47	4-1-0	46	20	Herbie Biggs
Corinth	7-1-1	237	55	3-1-1	94	34	Roy Biggers
Aberdeen	5-4-1	186	106	3-3-1	114	80	James Wade
Houston	3-6	113	175	3-4-0	106	148	Vick Metts
New Albany	3-6	109	131	1-5-0	19	100
Pontotoc	4-5	113	92	0-5-0	13	80	Roy Johnston
Okolona	1-8	32	292	0-5-0	6	179	W.R. Hammontree

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