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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: G.T. Thames

 

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1920  <-- 1977 <- 1978 -> 1979 --> 2024
1978 Season Highlights
 G.T. Thames enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Starkville.
 The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.
 
1978 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 1  @ Kosciusko    0   21   L       
 Fri., Sep. 8  vs. Caldwell   *  20   19   W       
 Fri., Sep. 15  @ Corinth    0   10   L       
 Fri., Sep. 22  vs. Louisville   *  22   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 29  @ Oxford   *  33   0   W       
 Fri., Oct. 6  vs. West Point   *  20   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 13  @ Grenada   *  28   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 20  vs. Aberdeen    17   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 27  vs. Lee   *  40   13   W       
 Fri., Nov. 3  @ Tupelo   *  34   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 10  @ Shannon    42   12   W       
 
1978 Season Totals
  Record9-2
  Points Scored256
  Scoring Average23.3
  Points Allowed107
  Defense Average9.7
  Opponents Record64-49
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record4-2
  
1978  Little 10 Conference  Standings
  Regular Season   Conference Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
 North
Shannon 8-22281647-0-016888  Thomas Suggs
Aberdeen 6-42061396-1-016765  Thomas Pierce
Corinth 8-32691045-2-017948  Carlos McComb
Houston 5-61111573-4-066102  Crowell Armstrong
Amory 4-61141863-4-093132  Jerry Lyons
Pontotoc 4-71821982-5-0112139  Tommy Patterson
Fulton 2-8781881-6-057135  Don Leathers
New Albany 1-10662831-6-047177  
 South
Starkville 9-22561077-0-019758  G.T. Thames
Caldwell 7-3175895-2-011739  Butch Jones
Grenada 7-41541424-3-082116  
Louisville 5-51971304-3-015799  Art Nester
West Point 6-41521163-4-098104  Travis Langford
Tupelo 4-61892083-4-0119134  Dennis Waite
Oxford 2-81112431-6-070190  George Blair
Lee 1-9862611-6-079179  Chet Bergalowski



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