Mississippi State at LSU

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1947, page 44

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  Louisiana State Rally Brings 21–⁠6 Win Over Mississippi State BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. Is Louisiana State threw the South eastern Conference football cham pionship race into a wild scramble today by whipping Mississippi State, 81 to 6, while Georgia Tech was being bounced out of the unbeaten ranks. The home team pulled itself together in the last two periods after Harper Davis 60-yard sprint had given Mississippi State 6-to-0 edge at halftime. Shorty McWilliams, Mississippi States chief offensive weapon, went out with an injury midway of the second period, and watched from the bench while the Maroons suffered their first Conference loss. There was a groan from the L. s. q. supporters among the crowd Of 10000 when Y. A. little, the Tigers brilliant quarterback, limped of the field after the second half kickoff. But Charley Pevey, the sophomore ball-handler who has had little opportunity to play because Of Titles endurance, proved more than adequate. Pevey threw a 40-yard pass to Abner Wimberly for Louisiana s first touchdown midway of the third period and engineered the high powered Tiger machine perfectly while Ray Coates, Bill Schroll, Dan Sandifer and Bill Collins were rip ping through the Mississippi State line for gain after gain. Pevey’s payoff pitch climaxed a 74-yard march along the ground. L. S. U. piled over on running plays for two touchdowns in the final period. one on a 56-yard advance and again or a 51-yard pa rade. Rip Collins squirmed the last yard in the first drive and Coates smashed over from the on the second,

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Officially, LSU leads 75–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 75–⁠37–⁠3 in the 115 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.