Mississippi State at Memphis

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  Evening star, November 11, 1951, page 65

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  Mississippi State Beats Memphis State, 27–⁠20 MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. TO- Mississippi State Of the South eastern Conference nearly wound up second best to little Memphis State today, but breaks when they counted were on the Maroons’ side and they finally won, 27–⁠20. Things that almost beat the Mississippians included such Memphis State feats as scoring two touchdowns in 20 seconds And had it not been for an off, cial’s ruling, Memphis State might have pulled an upset. With but five minutes to 60, Memphis star halfback, Charles Brewer. pitched a pass to Jimmy Cole. He caught it in what appeared to have been the end zone, but an official ruled that he fell beyond. A field goal was tried in an at tempt to close the. 21–⁠20 gap. but it was inches short, and Mississippi State went on to win. jam ming over its clinching touch down in the last 40 seconds.

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Officially, Mississippi State leads 34–⁠12; as played, 35–⁠11 in 46 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.