Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 1

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  Ole Miss Scores 16-OWin Vanderbilt; CothrenStors UNIVERSITY. Miss, Oct. 10 Pl.-Fullback Paige Cothren kicked three field goals today to lead Mississippi to a 1910 victory over ineffective Vanderbilt before 2s,5oO Homecoming Day fans. Gothren. an All-Ame eric a hopeful, was the Rebels stand out. Unable to score a touch down over or through the frustrating Vanderbilt line, ole Miss called in Cothren three times for three field goals in three quarters. On the opening play of the fourth quarter. John Wallace Blalack snapped a quick pass to Gayle Bowman in the end zone for the games only touchdown. Then Cothren kicked the extra point. Ole Miss monopolized the ball during most Of the game, but the Commodores, improving as the game went on succeeded time after time in thwarting the Rebels scoring attempts, including Cothren’s 35-feld goal at

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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 65 since this game.