Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

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  Evening star, October 15, 1950, page 44

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  axe Forest Pass in Last 10 Seconds Upsets Tar Heels Wade and Tabor Lead Vanderbilt 10 20–⁠14 Win over Mississippi NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. IA. Mixing the precision passing of Bill Wade and the rushing Of big Jim Tabor, the air-minded Van derbilt Commodores drove over three touchdowns on the ground today to whip the Mississippi Rebels, 20–⁠14. Wade, the Nations leading passer in yardage gained, tipped six passes for 1875 yards, but the payoff punches came through, over or around the big Mississippi line. Six other Wade passing at tempts were grounded. None was intercepted. Tabor outshone Mississippis John Dottley, the Nations third rushing ground-gainer. as the Commodores came from behind twice to outscore the Mississipplans. The Vanderbilt fullback scored two touchdowns and he gained q net of 81 yards In 10 rushing plays for an average Of 9.4 yards per carry. Dottley lugged the ball more often, carrying 1t 10 times for q net of 1874 yards and an average Of seven yards. The Mississippians kept Enc Bucky Curtis, who leads all 1851 pass receivers in yardage. prett. well bottled up but the Commo’ dores unveiled a new threat Sophomore Halfback Terry Fail grabbed three aerials good for 7, yards.

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Officially, Ole Miss leads 55–⁠40–⁠2; as played, 57–⁠37–⁠2 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 99 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.