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Peach Bowl 1971
Ole Miss 41 Georgia Tech 18
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Mississippi rolled to five touchdowns and a field goal in the first half before Georgia Tech could get its offense untracked. Tailback Rob 'Healy scored three touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets, one in each of the final three quarters, but the game was out of control by that time.
Georgia Tech was behind 10-0 before its offensive team ever had the ball and was unable to make a first down in the first quarter, played in a steady rain.
The bad weather that has plagued the Peach Bowl during its four year history continued. A pounding rain began two hours before the start of the game and the field was a slimy mess of puddles and mud holes before kickoff.
Weese scored the first touchdown on a one-yard run, ending a 56-yard drive. Tech then fumbled the kickoff and Weese directed the Rebels 33 yards to the seven before Cloyce Hinton kicked a 25-yard field goal.
Jimmy Porter then scored touchdowns on runs of 10 and two yards, Kenny Lyons fired a 15-yard scoring pass to Leon Felts, and Weese passed 11 yards to Riley Myers to run the score to 38-0. In the fourth quarter Hinton hit a 30-yard field goal.
Before the game Mississippi coach Billy Kinnard had said he did not intend to use Lyons, who had missed the last half of the season after suffering a shoulder separation. But with the Rebels leading 17-0 early in the second quarter, Lyons came in and guided Mississippi to two more fast touchdowns.
Weese was named the game's outstanding offensive player and linebacker Crowell Armstrong was named the outstanding defensive player.
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| In what was a rebuilding year, Norris Weese made Mississippi fans forget about Archie Manning | |
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Ole Miss Media Guide |
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Attendance- 38,599
Scoring Summary
First Quarter OM- Weese 1 run (Hinton kick) OM- FG Hinton 25
Second Quarter OM- Porter 2 run (Hinton kick) OM- Porter 10 run (Hinton kick) OM- Felts 15 pass from Lyons (Hinton kick) OM- Myers 11 pass from Weese (Hinton kick) GT- Healy 2 run (Run failed)
Third Quarter GT- Healy 1 run (Pass failed)
Fourth Quarter OM- FG Hinton 30 GT- Healy 1 run (Run failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing OM- Ainsworth 28-119, Weese 11-32, Porter 8-26 GT- Hennessey 6-56, Cunningham 5-30
Passing OM- Weese 7-14-116 GT- McAshan 13-26-151
Receiving OM- Barry 3-39, Myers 2-49, Felts 2-23 GT- Owings 5-87, Oven 3-26, McNamara 2-22
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