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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 <-- 1968 <- 1969 -> 1970 --> 2023

1969 Season Highlights

Jim Craig enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

The Yellow Jackets set a team record by scoring 82 in a game.

1969 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 5	vs. Philadelphia	23	7	W
Fri., Sep. 12	@ Louisville	34	21	W
Fri., Sep. 19	@ University *	25	7	W
Fri., Sep. 26	vs. New Albany *	36	0	W
Fri., Oct. 3	@ Pontotoc *	59	7	W
Fri., Oct. 10	vs. Aberdeen *	43	21	W
Fri., Oct. 17	@ Amory *	28	6	W
Fri., Oct. 24	vs. Bruce *	82	6	W
Fri., Oct. 31	@ Houston *	42	0	W
Fri., Nov. 7	vs. West Point *	42	15	W

1969 Season Totals
Record	10-0
Points Scored	414
Scoring Average	41.4
Points Allowed	90
Defense Average	9.0
Opponents Record	50-49
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	5-0

1969 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	10-0	414	90	8-0-0	357	62	Jim Craig
Aberdeen	8-1	272	133	7-1-0	243	127	Thomas Pierce
New Albany	8-3	203	144	6-2-0	151	119	Don Skelton
Amory	5-5	169	174	4-4-0	155	146	Bill Reeder
West Point	4-6	131	195	4-4-0	119	118	Charlie Newell
Bruce	3-6	100	241	2-6-0	94	241	J.V. Swindle
Houston	1-9	56	237	1-7-0	42	185	Jim Dempsey
University	5-5	199	188				Bob Sanders
Pontotoc	0-10	111	352	0-8-0	85	278	Ralph Mitchell

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