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The University of Mississippi Athletics
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Tennessee 1961
10/17/2014 | Football
Oct. 17, 2014
By Carl Walters, The Clarion-Ledger
November 19, 1961
CRUMP STADIUM, MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Ole Miss Rebels turned back the Tennessee Volunteers here on a cold, dreary Saturday afternoon in a rough and ragged gridiron battle that was witnessed by an over-flow crowd of 32,423.
It was the eighth win of the season for the Red and Blue against a single loss to LSU, and its third consecutive victory over the erstwhile Orange Ogres from the Smoky Mountains.
The triumph strengthened the Rebels' position in the race for a post-season bowl assignment, but they did not look good, with fumbles, frequent penalties and intercepted passes slowing their attack, particularly in the final period.
Ole Miss got its first three points in the opening period on a 32-yard field goal by Wes Sullivan and the Vols knotted the score at 3-3 early in the second quarter on a 24-yard field goal by Gary Cannon.
The Rebels went ahead to stay in the second quarter when they marched 69 yards in 14 yards with Billy Ray Adams bulling over for the final two yards.
Passes by Doug Elmore to Louis Guy and Sullivan's successful placekick made the score 10-3 at the rest period.
Ole Miss received to start the second half and drove 75 yards in eleven plays for its second touchdown. Runs by Adams, Elmore and Art Doty started the fireworks, and a 32-yard pass and run play with Elmore pitching and Guy on the receiving end finished it.
Guy made a brilliant catch up the middle and legged it across the goal line without hindrance. Sullivan's placekick made the score 17-3.
Following an exchange of punts after the kickoff the Vols were backed up to their 17-yard line and a fourth down punt by Hubert McClain was gathered in by Glynn Griffling on the Ole Miss 47. He got good blocking, broke into the clear and raced 57 yards to score, and when Sullivan again booted the extra point the Rebs were out front by 24 to 3.
For the rest of the game, the Ole Miss offense flashed hot and cold with fumbles, penalties and pass interceptions tying them in knots.
In the fourth period, the Oxfornians had a good drive under way, but on a pass play, Elmore was trapped and as he was tackled for an apparent loss of about 12 yards, he threw the ball short, directly into the hands of tackle Ed Beard of the Vols, who had no Blue-Shirts near him, and he took off on a 56-yard gallop that ended with a touchdown and six points for Tennessee. Cannon placekicked for the extra point to make the score 24-10, where it stayed until the end of the game, but only because a 15-yard penalty against the Vols nullified a 28-yard, Mallon Faircloth to Charles Wyrick pass that would have been good for a touchdown.
Ole Miss led in first downs, 20 to 12 and in total yards gained, 370 to 146. They lost the ball three times on fumbles, and two pass interceptions also hurt them, particularly the one that was caught by Beard and turned into a touchdown.
The game got rough toward the end and for a while it looked as if it might get out of hand, but the officials seemed to bend over backwards in calling infractions. The Rebs were penalized eight times for 80 yards and the Vols six times for 81 yards.
It was the Ole Miss air game that brought them home a winner, with Elmore completing 9 of 16 throws for 187 yards and a touchdown and Griffing completing 3 of 9 for 35 yards.
Guy was sensational as a receiver, making five catches for 76 yards and a TD. Sullivan and Adams caught two each, the latter netting 65 yards, and Willis Dabbs, A.J. Holloway and Perry Lee Dunn caught one apiece.
Doty was the top ball toter for the Red and Blue with 40 net yards on eight carries, with Adams and Elmore netting 35 and 27, respectively.
Fullback Bunny Orr was Tennessee's top ground gainer with 24 yards on 10 totes and Faircloth got 19 yards on 24 tries.
Coach Bowden Wyatt of Tennessee said after the game that he thought the Vols, "played well against a great team." "I think our boys did a good job," he said. "Ole Miss has many fine players and they are really tough."
FRIDAY FLASHBACK rewinds to some of the memorable Ole Miss games from this week's all-time series. This week features the Rebels' 24-10 win over Tennessee in Memphis in 1961.
Rebels rip Vols in rowdy brawl, 24-10By Carl Walters, The Clarion-Ledger
November 19, 1961
CRUMP STADIUM, MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Ole Miss Rebels turned back the Tennessee Volunteers here on a cold, dreary Saturday afternoon in a rough and ragged gridiron battle that was witnessed by an over-flow crowd of 32,423.
It was the eighth win of the season for the Red and Blue against a single loss to LSU, and its third consecutive victory over the erstwhile Orange Ogres from the Smoky Mountains.
The triumph strengthened the Rebels' position in the race for a post-season bowl assignment, but they did not look good, with fumbles, frequent penalties and intercepted passes slowing their attack, particularly in the final period.
Ole Miss got its first three points in the opening period on a 32-yard field goal by Wes Sullivan and the Vols knotted the score at 3-3 early in the second quarter on a 24-yard field goal by Gary Cannon.
The Rebels went ahead to stay in the second quarter when they marched 69 yards in 14 yards with Billy Ray Adams bulling over for the final two yards.
Passes by Doug Elmore to Louis Guy and Sullivan's successful placekick made the score 10-3 at the rest period.
Ole Miss received to start the second half and drove 75 yards in eleven plays for its second touchdown. Runs by Adams, Elmore and Art Doty started the fireworks, and a 32-yard pass and run play with Elmore pitching and Guy on the receiving end finished it.
Guy made a brilliant catch up the middle and legged it across the goal line without hindrance. Sullivan's placekick made the score 17-3.
Following an exchange of punts after the kickoff the Vols were backed up to their 17-yard line and a fourth down punt by Hubert McClain was gathered in by Glynn Griffling on the Ole Miss 47. He got good blocking, broke into the clear and raced 57 yards to score, and when Sullivan again booted the extra point the Rebs were out front by 24 to 3.
For the rest of the game, the Ole Miss offense flashed hot and cold with fumbles, penalties and pass interceptions tying them in knots.
In the fourth period, the Oxfornians had a good drive under way, but on a pass play, Elmore was trapped and as he was tackled for an apparent loss of about 12 yards, he threw the ball short, directly into the hands of tackle Ed Beard of the Vols, who had no Blue-Shirts near him, and he took off on a 56-yard gallop that ended with a touchdown and six points for Tennessee. Cannon placekicked for the extra point to make the score 24-10, where it stayed until the end of the game, but only because a 15-yard penalty against the Vols nullified a 28-yard, Mallon Faircloth to Charles Wyrick pass that would have been good for a touchdown.
Ole Miss led in first downs, 20 to 12 and in total yards gained, 370 to 146. They lost the ball three times on fumbles, and two pass interceptions also hurt them, particularly the one that was caught by Beard and turned into a touchdown.
The game got rough toward the end and for a while it looked as if it might get out of hand, but the officials seemed to bend over backwards in calling infractions. The Rebs were penalized eight times for 80 yards and the Vols six times for 81 yards.
It was the Ole Miss air game that brought them home a winner, with Elmore completing 9 of 16 throws for 187 yards and a touchdown and Griffing completing 3 of 9 for 35 yards.
Guy was sensational as a receiver, making five catches for 76 yards and a TD. Sullivan and Adams caught two each, the latter netting 65 yards, and Willis Dabbs, A.J. Holloway and Perry Lee Dunn caught one apiece.
Doty was the top ball toter for the Red and Blue with 40 net yards on eight carries, with Adams and Elmore netting 35 and 27, respectively.
Fullback Bunny Orr was Tennessee's top ground gainer with 24 yards on 10 totes and Faircloth got 19 yards on 24 tries.
Coach Bowden Wyatt of Tennessee said after the game that he thought the Vols, "played well against a great team." "I think our boys did a good job," he said. "Ole Miss has many fine players and they are really tough."
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