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FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Alabama 1970
10/3/2014 | Football
Oct. 3, 2014
By Lee Baker, Jackson Daily News Sports Editor
October 4, 1970
JACKSON, Miss. - It wasn't like a year ago. It was better. And while there were overtones of last year's classic, the national television audience the second time around got a completely different picture of Ole Miss and Alabama.
A year ago, the `Bama Crimson Tide took a thriller, 33-32. Saturday night before a full house at Mississippi Memorial Stadium and the cameras, Ole Miss wiped `em out, 48-23. Of course, it was mostly Archie Manning clicking on the scoreboard - three touchdown passes and two TD's running, but there was much, much more to the Rebels first ever wipe-out of the Tide.
Ole Miss went after Alabama from the opening kickoff, which was generously donated to the visitors, the Rebs having won the pre-game coin toss but preferring the 8mph wind to receiving.
That meant little since in short order Billy Van Devender had intercepted the first of three thefts the Rebs would get and in five plays Archie had a touchdown, drilling a pass to Randy Reed covering seven yards.
That action was two and a half minutes into the game. The next time in possession, the Mississippians pounded 47 yards in a hurry to a one yard scoring sneak by Manning.
Thereafter, the point pace eased, not broken until five minutes of the second period passed, when Bama's Richard Ciemmy kicked a 39 yard field goal. And that moment of glory was quickly extinguished for on the ensuing kickoff, taken at the goal line, was hustled back the full 100 yards by Vernon Studdard.
If that weren't unnerving enough, Freddie Brister grabbed an interception and came back 38 yards to the Tide's 14, making it easy for Manning to hit Reed on the next play with another touchdown pass.
Just a couple of minutes before halftime, Alabama finally put together a march, taking advantage of some Rebel reserves, with Neb Hayden chunking regularly in moving the Tide 87 yards in 13 plays, the payoff coming on a 15 yard pass to flanker Jerry Cash.
That left things at midpoint 26-10 Ole Miss and while for a time the Crimson came back in the second half, nudging within nine as Johnny Musso nosed across with a TD pass from Terry Davis, then the sophomore quarterback ran the two-pointer.
Ole Miss went out in a blaze of fourth quarter scoring. Studdard scored again on a seven yard pass from Archie Manning. Archie romped 14 yards for another and after the Tide did get final score, as Hayden threw to tight end Steve Doran for 18 yards, Bob Knight slammed across one yard to wrap it up.That short thrust had been set up by 32 yard Manning to Floyd Franks pass.
In last year's classic when Ole Miss and Alabama first took up this scoring-orgy business at night before a nation-wide audience, Manning alone piled up 540 yards, second greatest total ever by a collegian.
This night, as a team, the Rebs made only 334 net yards, but the difference had to be ends John Gilliland and Dennis Coleman, tackles Elmer Allen, pressure on start to finish.
The line backing threesome of Crowell Armstrong, Jeff Horn and Brister, plus Monster Van Devender compounded the problems for Hayden, Davis and their mates, who tried desperately to overcome the difficulty of going without starting quarterback Scott Hunter.
The Rebs threw the Crimson's back for 126 yards in losses, so that they had only 27 net yards in rushing to show for 42 carries.
Their 14 completions of 32 `Bama passes did not pay off a little better, for 205 yards and the Tide's three touchdowns. The Rebs offense, once again revolved around Manning and Reed, Archie completing 10 of 24 passes for 157 yards plus running nine times for 46 yards, and Randy booming into `Bama defense 22 times for 99 yards.
This was only the fourth victory ever by Ole Miss over Alabama, the third coming in Jackson.
FRIDAY FLASHBACK rewinds to some of the memorable Ole Miss games from this week's all-time series. This week features an Archie Manning-led 48-23 win over Alabama in Jackson in 1970. That was part of the Rebels' last 4-0 start to a season before this year.
By Lee Baker, Jackson Daily News Sports Editor
October 4, 1970
JACKSON, Miss. - It wasn't like a year ago. It was better. And while there were overtones of last year's classic, the national television audience the second time around got a completely different picture of Ole Miss and Alabama.
A year ago, the `Bama Crimson Tide took a thriller, 33-32. Saturday night before a full house at Mississippi Memorial Stadium and the cameras, Ole Miss wiped `em out, 48-23. Of course, it was mostly Archie Manning clicking on the scoreboard - three touchdown passes and two TD's running, but there was much, much more to the Rebels first ever wipe-out of the Tide.
Ole Miss went after Alabama from the opening kickoff, which was generously donated to the visitors, the Rebs having won the pre-game coin toss but preferring the 8mph wind to receiving.
That meant little since in short order Billy Van Devender had intercepted the first of three thefts the Rebs would get and in five plays Archie had a touchdown, drilling a pass to Randy Reed covering seven yards.
That action was two and a half minutes into the game. The next time in possession, the Mississippians pounded 47 yards in a hurry to a one yard scoring sneak by Manning.
Thereafter, the point pace eased, not broken until five minutes of the second period passed, when Bama's Richard Ciemmy kicked a 39 yard field goal. And that moment of glory was quickly extinguished for on the ensuing kickoff, taken at the goal line, was hustled back the full 100 yards by Vernon Studdard.
If that weren't unnerving enough, Freddie Brister grabbed an interception and came back 38 yards to the Tide's 14, making it easy for Manning to hit Reed on the next play with another touchdown pass.
Just a couple of minutes before halftime, Alabama finally put together a march, taking advantage of some Rebel reserves, with Neb Hayden chunking regularly in moving the Tide 87 yards in 13 plays, the payoff coming on a 15 yard pass to flanker Jerry Cash.
That left things at midpoint 26-10 Ole Miss and while for a time the Crimson came back in the second half, nudging within nine as Johnny Musso nosed across with a TD pass from Terry Davis, then the sophomore quarterback ran the two-pointer.
Ole Miss went out in a blaze of fourth quarter scoring. Studdard scored again on a seven yard pass from Archie Manning. Archie romped 14 yards for another and after the Tide did get final score, as Hayden threw to tight end Steve Doran for 18 yards, Bob Knight slammed across one yard to wrap it up.That short thrust had been set up by 32 yard Manning to Floyd Franks pass.
In last year's classic when Ole Miss and Alabama first took up this scoring-orgy business at night before a nation-wide audience, Manning alone piled up 540 yards, second greatest total ever by a collegian.
This night, as a team, the Rebs made only 334 net yards, but the difference had to be ends John Gilliland and Dennis Coleman, tackles Elmer Allen, pressure on start to finish.
The line backing threesome of Crowell Armstrong, Jeff Horn and Brister, plus Monster Van Devender compounded the problems for Hayden, Davis and their mates, who tried desperately to overcome the difficulty of going without starting quarterback Scott Hunter.
The Rebs threw the Crimson's back for 126 yards in losses, so that they had only 27 net yards in rushing to show for 42 carries.
Their 14 completions of 32 `Bama passes did not pay off a little better, for 205 yards and the Tide's three touchdowns. The Rebs offense, once again revolved around Manning and Reed, Archie completing 10 of 24 passes for 157 yards plus running nine times for 46 yards, and Randy booming into `Bama defense 22 times for 99 yards.
This was only the fourth victory ever by Ole Miss over Alabama, the third coming in Jackson.
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