Kentucky at Ole Miss

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1

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  )e Miss Upsets Kentucky 2117 Vols Beat Miss State $40 Mississippi Grabs r3f, ,iit ..l},- D3, Fumbles 10 1opple Sugar Bowl Champs OXFORD, Miss. Sept. 29.-The University of Mississippi smothcred the great Babe Parilli and grabbed a pair of University of Kentucky fumbles to topple the 1851 Sugar Bowl champions. 81 II, here today. A crowd of more than 10000 roared as the MisSissippians bulled and passed their way to revenge for the 47–⁠0 and 27–⁠0 pastings the Kentuckians handed them in the last two seasons. Kentucky, the Southeastern Conference defending champ, did not quit until the last whistle. In their final try, Parilli passed the Wildcats n yards in a series of plays that ended on the one yard line. Mississippi’s pass de- Tense clicked as Pete Mangum hit Jim Proffitt so hard he dropped the ball. The Parilli- -Profltt toss was the last of four that Parilli threw in the games final seconds. Kentucky Fumbles. Kentucky held 10–⁠7 lead from the middle of the second quarter until Steve Meilinger fumbled on the Mississippi IS in the fourth period and Mangum fell on it. It took Showboat Boykin less than 80 seconds to slam his way half way to the goal line and set up Quarterback Jimmy Lear’S IA yard touchdown plunge. Tom Fillion, Kentucky fullback, who shared freshman honors with MiSsissippi’s Lea Paslay, fumbled in almost the same spot on the AZ, on the fifth play after Mississippi kicked off. Paslay Dashes 81 Yards. Harol Lotions recovery and Pas lays sparkling 31-yard dash to the 10 put Dick Westerman in scoring position and the fernando. Miss. right halfback barely stayed inside the markers to make it. Both of Lear’s placements were good. Paslay, left halfback from Sardis, Miss, also was the fuse for Mississippi’s dynamite in the sec ond period. He took Lear’s pass 81 yards to the 10 and on the next play tossed one himself to Right End James Stay in the end zone. Lear’s placement, his first, split the uprights. Kentucky discovered Mississippi’s improved pass defense early when they were forced to call on Harry Jones toe for a field goal after five minutes of the first quarter. Fillion Scores for Kentucky. Jones made it from the 12-yard line and until Boykin’s sprint. it appeared those three points would be the difference. Kentucky’s first touchdown came in the second when Fillion, behind perfect blocking, broke through the secondary from his own 48 and went the distance to score. 1t climaxed an 87-yard drive that began when Harold Gruner took the Mississippi punt on his own 10. A 19-play drive-eight Of them Parilli passes-accounted for the Wildcats second touchdown as Babe himself barrelled over from the one. k kfadgsha ------a : 3 Ill III Scoring: Kentucky. touchdowns-Fillion. Parilh; Points after touchdown-H Jones %: Field goal-H. Jones. Mississippi Points after

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Officially, Ole Miss leads 30–⁠15–⁠1; as played, 31–⁠15–⁠1 in 47 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.