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Sturgis Football Team History

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Sturgis High School

Sturgis, MS
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1938 <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2001

1961 Season Highlights

The Head Coach is unknown.

1961 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 1	Weir	0	49	L
Fri., Sep. 8	Mathiston *	0	26	L
Fri., Sep. 15	OPEN
Fri., Sep. 22	Noxapater	0	12	L
Fri., Sep. 29	Maben *	6	0	W
Fri., Oct. 6	Carthage	2	26	L
Fri., Oct. 13	Sebastopol	33	7	W
Fri., Oct. 20	Edinburg	33	32	W
Fri., Oct. 27	Caledonia *	0	13	L
Fri., Nov. 3	@ Nanih Waiya	6	31	L
Fri., Nov. 10	vs. New Hope *	21	39	L

1961 Season Totals
Record	3-7
Points Scored	101
Scoring Average	10.1
Points Allowed	235
Defense Average	23.5
Opponents Record	52-50 -1
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	0-1

1961 Big Black Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
	North
New Hope	6-3	123	98	4-0-0	92	33	Gerald Durdin
Mathiston	6-3	136	66	3-1-0	62	20	Gaines Crawford
Caledonia	4-5	85	134	2-2-0	45	56	Sanford Powell
Sturgis	3-7	101	235	1-3-0	27	78
Maben	1-8	39	139	0-4-0	13	52
	South
Weir	9-1	295	61	4-1-0	132	48	Marion Kelly
Hickory	8-1	202	64	4-1-0	108	51	John Kenna
Noxapater	8-2-1	156	65	4-1-0	98	38	Doug Sullivan
Nanih Waiya	6-4	209	121	2-3-0	94	79	Jimmy Dempsey
Edinburg	2-7	135	234	1-4-0	46	148	Charles Mooney
Sebastopol	1-7	69	223	0-5-0	30	144	Dick Canoy

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