Tulane at Ole Miss

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  Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 64

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  Ole Miss Wins No. 5 By Drubbing Tulane OXFORD. Miss. Oct. 16. - Fullback Paige Cothren led q charging Mississippi backf1eld that crashed through a brittle Tulane line and gave the undefeated and united Rebels their fifth straight football victory today, 34–⁠7. Cothren blasted over twice and F’ullback Bobby McCool, Quarter back Eagle Day and Halfback Allen CRed Muirhead cracked the line for touchdowns before q homecoming crowd of $4,000. Muirhead, Southeastern Conference scoring leader, ran his total to 48 points when he blasted over from the two-yard line in the first half. Tulane’s score came on a 91yard pass interception by Quarback Fred Wilcox, who grabbed the ball on his own and rolled up the sidelines. At Mississippi’s 25. he cut back to the center of the field to dodge the last two Mississippi players and went over standing up. Will cox converted. niisissIppi raisns i-122 ----------12 3 9 “a Mississippi scoring: Touchdowns – Cothren 2, Muirhead, McCool, Day. Conversions-Day 2, j. Patton. Cothren. Tulane scoring: Touchdown-Wilcox ConVersion-Wilcox

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Officially, Ole Miss leads 42–⁠23; as played, 43–⁠24 in 67 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.