Evening star., 1953-11-13
Given
.11-Point Edge
On Line Here
Odds Vary Elsewhere
With One Forecuster
Roting Come Even
BY MerreII Whittiesey

and Mississippi, both claiming
they need perfection to win,
ended preparations today for
what should be one of the best
football games of the year.
Maryland, with 239 points
scored in an unbeaten season
and the top team in the Nation
in rushing defense, will be host
tomorrow to the Rebels who
spoiled the Terps' 19-game win
hing streak last year. Ole Miss
has a 229-point total this year
and has been beaten only once.
The kickoff is set for 2 o'clock
in Byrd Stadium at College Park.
The attendance probably will
fall slightly below 10000. If so,
it would disappoint Maryland Of
ficials since they figured this
would be the 4-year-old sta
diurn's first Sellout, except for
the two Navy games.
Terps 11-Point Favorites.
Maryland, ranked second in
the Nation, is an 11-point favor
lite in Washington, the choice
by from IL to IA points on the
cards, but at least one national
forecaSter has picked the game
even. which seems closer to
logic.
The Terps, practically assured
of an Orange Bowl bid regard
less of what happens in the
closing weeks, could be assured
of an invitation to meet the Big
Seven champions in Miami with
a victory tomorrow.
Mississippi, anxious to return
to the Sugar Bowl or qualify as
a Cotton Bowl team, needs this
one to merit further considera-
ton. The Rebels won their first
Sugar Bowl nomination last year
just a few hours after beating
Maryland. Later that game was
Judged the biggest upset of 1852.
and for their performance Coach
Johnny Vaught was named
coach-of- f-the-week and Bud Slay
lineman-of- -the-Week.
= Maryland Unprepared.
The Terps were unprepared
last year, Coach Jim Tatum has
admitted many times, but it
won't happen again. Maryland
is so prepared this year that
Big Jim fears his boys may be
too keen or too eager.
Both Maryland and Mississippi
started moving up in 1947 when
the present coaches took over.
They have two of the most sue
cessful streaks in college football
going, Maryland with 27 VIC
tories in its last 30 games, and
Ole Miss with a 1922 mark in
it's last 20.
Ole Miss has had it's letdown
this year, an early season 1870
defeat by Auburn, which Incl
dentally has lost only one game,
to Georgia Tech The closest
the Terps have come to a let
down in their eight straight vic
tories is by winning some games
by lesser margins than their
most rabid supporters thought
they should.
Terps' Big Game.
This is Maryland's big game
of the season. The folks who
have been heaping ridicule on
Maryland's schedule have been
waiting for Mississippi and Ala
bama, next weeks visitor. OF
the two, Ole Miss appears to
have the far superior team.
Coach Tatum has said this is
the first game in several years
in which he could not give his
team the edge. He believes Ole
Miss has fewer weaknesses than
any team Maryland has met
since it started the winning
streak that Ole Miss ended last
year. The Rebels not only will
be heavier but faster, and they're
smart. "I don't know how we
can hold them scoreless," the de-
fense-m minded Tatum said. IF
we beat 'em we'll just have to
score more touchdowns than
they do"
Minis All-America Candidate.
With Maryland seeking ALL
America acclaim for Bernie Fa-
loney, the quarterback whose
tremendous value to the team is
not revealed in statistics, and for
Stanley Jones, they have only
two of the prospects. Ole Miss
has a case for its quick-as-a-cat
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