Tennessee at Ole Miss

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 18, 1951, page 58

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  Tennessee Defeats Mississippi, R 10 Il, To Keep Slate Clean OXFORD, Miss, Nov. Ire lying on straight power football and its trio of battering backs Hank Lauricella, Andy Kozar and Bert Rechichar-undefeated Ten nessee rolled to a 1921 football triumph today over the fighting but out-gunned University of Mississippi Rebels. The Vols, ranked the No. 2 football team in the Nation, showed the shivering crowd of $4,000 Just why they were invited to meet Maryland in the Sugar Bowl on New Years Day. Mississippi’s speed and its pass ing attack gave the Vols plenty to worry about in the first half but the Ole Miss defense came apart in the third period. Tennessee got its single-wing attack moving, its double-reverse clicking, and powered its way over and around the dug in Rebel line. Payne Scores IDS. Lauricella’s understudy at tall back, Harold Payne, drove for three of Tennessee’s touchdowns and Kozar made a pair with Lauricella and Dick Ernsberger getting one each. Jimmy Lear quarterbacked the Ole Miss Rebels to first, second and final period scores with Show boat Boykin making the first two. With less than a minute left in the game, Lear bounched a pass off two Tennessee defenders which Jim Bridges grabbed in the end zone for the last Rebel tally. Mississippi’s 81 points is the most any opponent has scored on the Vols this year but they were Just not enough. Tennessee stuck to the ground most of the day. Lauricella’s S first (See TENNESSEE Paoe R-7N

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Officially, Tennessee leads 44–⁠20–⁠1; as played, 44–⁠21–⁠1 in 66 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.