Evening star., 1952-11-16
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was selected to play
unbeaten Georgia Tech in the
New Orleans Sugar Bowl on New
Years Day. Mississippis only pre-
vious appearance in a major bowl
was in 1886 when it lost to Catho-
lie University, 20-19, in the Orange
Bowl.
For the first time since October
81, 1850, Maryland tasted football
defeat as the Terps' 19-game VIM
ming streak and 22-game unde-
feated string were snapped with
by a hopped-up team
that thoroughly deserved the vic
tory, which came as a result of a
42-yard storybook pass late in
the fourth quarter.
Mississippi, undefeated but tied
twice, thus joined Michigan State,
Georgia Tech, UCLA and Southern
California as the Nations only un-
beaten major elevens.
Ole Miss, stopped four times in
side the Maryland 5-yard line.
came back with a pair of fourth
quarter touchdowns, engineered by
a clever split-T quarterback,
Jimmy Lear, whose next to last
regular-season game was his best.
Terps Yield 461 Yards.
Maryland, No. 4 in the Nation
on defense until today and a
team famed for it's ball control
on offense, had a miserable after
noon in both departments. Ole
Miss roared through the Terps for
a net 461 yards, compared to
Maryland's pre-game average yield
of 1856 yards.
And Maryland had the ball for
only 40 plays, about half it's usual
total. The Terps were in Missis-
sippi territory only during sec
ond-quarter touchdown drive Of
SO yards. Their other touchdown
was on a 90-yard kickoff return by
Dick Nolan that followed the
Rebels first touchdown oy 16
seconds.
Maryland's defense crumbled
as Mississippi gave it it's busiest
afternoon in three seasons. In the
third period, for example, Mary
land had the ball for only seven
plays.
Lear Eclipses Scarbath.
Lear, medium -sized quarter
back from Memphis, was the best
split-T quarterback on the field
today. He clicked on IL passes
out of 16 for 231 yards and in Is
ball-carrying attempts he made so
yards. He booted all three extra
points and his punting was ac-
ceptable.
Lear was a cutie under pres
sure. too. One in the first period
he spurned a fourth-down gamble
in Maryland territory with inches
to go, but every time after that
when Ole Miss needed important
yardage on fourth down, Lear
would make it.. If the Terps looked
for sneak over center, he'd fool
them with a cut, and vice versa.
Jack Scarbath, who already has
made most Of the top All-America
teams at quarterback, met a de-
tense he couldn't cope with today.
Hurried on his passes and with his
receivers constantly covered, Scar
bath hit on only two of 13. His
ball-carrying was good for only
80 yards in 13 attempts. Mary
land made only 1913 yards in all
from scrimmage.
Lear's great day and Scarbath's
poor one put Ole Miss just one
game away from its first unde-
feated season In the schools his
tory.
Bowl Speculation Ends.
In defeat. Maryland virtually
was eliminated from any bowl
speculation. While the Southern
Conference presidents might have
gone to bat for an unbeaten team,
there is little chance they would
approve of a bowl game for a
beaten one.
It was obvious from the Begin
ming that Ole Miss was keyed to a
super performance. And the big
gest football crowd in the States
history was behind the team every
second and showed no evidence
Of giving up after any Of the four
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