Ole Miss at LSU

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1959, page 1

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  It’s been a bundle of Mon days since any Eastern college team excluding the service academies had any notions about a national football championship. But Syracuse and Penn State. have ‘em today, especially the former, and the bunch is it’ll take a strong man to talk down the winner even granting the obvious claims of Louisiana State, Northwestern and Texas-after these two unbeatens tangle next Saturday. Particularly if it’s Syracuse. The big game at University Park, Pa, is the second in a row matching two sectional transforming on the heels of LSU’s 7–⁠3 squealer over third-ranked Mississippi last Saturday night. Three Other Big Games This one tries Syracuse. No. 5 nationally in the last Associated Press poll and winner of six straight, against Penn State, with a No. Z national ledger and seven consecutive victories. Meanwhile, LSU, the defend ing national champion, tries to run its winning streak to 20 at tough Tennessee; North western (No. o is home to 10th-ranked. once-beaten Wis consin in the Big Ten show down, and Texas, ranked fourth, entertains Baylor in another step toward the South west Conference title and the Cotton Bowl. Nov we find out If we’re a football team” Syracuse Coach Ben Schwartzwalder said after the Orange had crushed Pitt, $50, Saturday. He’s still being cautious despite statistics that list Syracuse first nationally in both otfense and defense. One reason could be that Syracuse, trying regularly IN alternate years, hasn’t won at Penn State since 1884. 5 Their only common opponent. West Virginia, fell to the Nittany Lions, 1910, last Saturday. Syracuse beat the Mountaineers, 44–⁠0.

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Officially, LSU leads 64–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠42–⁠4 in the 110 games on file; the official count covers all 115 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.