Rebels Come From Behind To Top Tulane, 20-13

Oct. 9, 1999

By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Joe Gunn rushed for 120 yards, including five straight carries for a touchdown after a Tulane fumble in the fourth quarter, as Mississippi beat the Green Wave 20-13 Saturday.

Ole Miss scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to come from behind and improve to 5-1 for the first time since 1990. The Rebels also won their 18th straight non-conference game over the past five years.

Gunn's 8-yard TD run, on which he broke out of the hold of two defenders near the line of scrimmage, gave Ole Miss a 10-point lead with just 6:54 left.

Tulane (2-3) trailed just 13-10 when Kerwin Jones made a catch, but then dropped the ball with no defenders around him. Anthony Sims, a 250-pound defensive tackle, recovered the fumble.

Set up at the 19, the Gunn needed just five carries to score the game-breaking touchdown. The sophomore had his fourth 100-yard game this season and sixth of his career.

After Gunn's touchdown, the Green Wave drove 38 yards in 10 plays for Seth Marler's career-long 48-yard field goal with 1:19 left. The Green Wave then tried an onside kick, but Ole Miss tight end Doug Zeigler pounced on the ball after it hit off a teammate.

With the victory, David Cutcliffe became only the third Ole Miss coach - and first since 1938 - to win six of his first seven games. He made his debut with a win in the Independence Bowl last December after replacing Auburn-bound Tommy Tuberville.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, Ole Miss went ahead to stay 13-10 when Romaro Miller hit Jamie Armstrong for a 15-yard TD pass. That capped a 37-yard drive after a Tulane punt.

Tulane quarterback Chris Ramsey, the NCAA Division I-A leader in total offense, set school records by hitting 35-of-59 passes. He had 339 yards passing, his fourth straight 300-yard game.

But both of Ramsey's interceptions came in the fourth quarter, the second on the last play of the game.

Ramsey put the Green Wave ahead 10-6 when he hit JaJuan Dawson for a 24-yard TD pass midway through the third quarter. Dawson's school-record 26th career TD reception came just two plays after Ramsey's 51-yard completion to John Wilson.

Marler's 29-yard field goal midway through the second quarter tied the game at 3-3.

But Ole Miss responded with Les Binkley's second field goal, a 31-yarder after Miller's 57-yard completion to L.J. Taylor, to take a 6-3 halftime lead.

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