re: OM/LSU Rivalry Bedtime Stories- Part 8a

8b- Recruiting Battles

If Ole Miss had become QB U, then LSU had become RB U. Stovall would follow in
Jimmy Taylor and Billy Cannon's footsteps in earning AA honors and continue to
be a major problem for Vaught's always hard nose d NC caliber defenses in the
f uture.
You may disagree but in the minds of many, that was Ole Miss' 2nd best team ever
with only the '59 squad being better and that LSU was LSU's 2nd best with their
'58 team being best. LSU's team would end the season with an Orange Bowl win
over Colorado and a #3 ranking. Ole Miss would travel to the Cotton Bowl to face
top rated Texas only to lose 12-7. We played that game without the services of
our AA FB, Billy Ray Adams who had been sidelined by a car accident a week
before the game. Perry Lee Dunn, who was a great power runner, swapped from our
#3 QB in that game to our #1 FB. He did an admirable job but nobody could
replace Billy Ray Adams who had been a large part of our offense that year. The
earlier loss to LSU and the Cotton Bowl loss to Texas dropped Ole Miss to a #5
finish in the final polls- our worst ranking in 3 years.
We next move to the '62 game.b: