LSU vs. Baylor

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  The chronicle, Mississippi, December 23, 1963, page 1

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  Leads South Team In Overtaking Yankees George Mira Of Miami FLA walked off with a hometown decision over Boston Colleges Jack Concannon, but a rematch has been arranged for a neutrail site next year. Mira and Concannon, two Of college footballs most glamor- GUS quarterbackS, hooked up In a tremendous passing exhibition Saturday in Miami’s North South All-Star Game. Mira was declared the unofficial winner on the basis Of the South’s 23–⁠14 victory-but the two are due for another meeting in the Senior Bowl at Mobile, Ala, on Jan. 4. Don Trull, statistically the top paSser in the nation for the past two seasons, also staged a spec tacular aerial display to lead Baylor to a 14–⁠7 victory over Louisiana State in the Bluebonnet Bowl at Houston. But the only passing done at Philadelphia’s frigid Liberty Bowl was by the fans, who passed up Mississippi States 1912 victory over North Carolima State in record numbers. Both Have Signed Both Mira and Concannorl, who already have signed with the San Francisco Forty Miners and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League, respectively turned in thorough ly professional performances in the North-South contest. Mira, playing before a home town crowd Of 1920 at the Or ange Bowl, connected on q of AZ passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns to steer the South from a $40 deficit. The IA Northern points were the work of Concannon, who scored one I’d and passed for the other while accommodating a total of 327 yards. ALI the North’s scoring was crammed into the first period. Concannon drove the Yankees Y yards to the Rebels eight late in the opening session. But on a third-down situation, Coach Bump Elliott replaced Concannon with George Brock Of North ern Illinois, and the threat died. Bluebonnet Bowl Trull shredded the LSU pass defense for rs competitions dur ing the day, but the Bears didn’t reach the end zone until the fourth quarter. Trull passed seven yards to end Jim Ingram to tie the game at ~, then hit Ingram with another I’D toss for Is yards and the victory. Louisiana State had taken an early 20 lead in the opening pc riod on Buddy Seekers eight yard scoring dash, but the crowd Of SO, 600 saw Trull easily erase the Bluebonnet passing records in the process Of erasing the Tigers lead. Liberty Bowl The Liberty Bowl was played in 22-degree weather and at tracted a sparse gathering Of $500 - a crowd which barely filled the concession stands in vast Municipal Stadium, which accommodates 1O2, ZOO people

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LSU leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.