re: Shocking/Weird Stats or Facts about SEC football programs

Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:39 pm to roadGator

Posted by Hawgeye

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Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:39 pm to roadGator

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The 1960 contest between the teams was won by Ole Miss 10–7 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas, on their way to a final record of 10–0–1 for the 1960 season and the second of their three claimed national championships. Sometimes called the Tommy Bell game by Arkansas fans, he called a timeout in an attempt to quiet Razorback fans.[9] Rebel Allen Green did not hear the whistle and kicked the ball through the uprights. After the timeout, fans swear Bell signaled that the kick was good as soon as Green connected with the ball. Fans also swear that the kick was no good. Fighting broke out all around the stadium and because of this, the annual series between the two schools was played the next year in Jackson and then canceled until the two teams renewed the series in 1981.

The Arkansas/Ole Miss rivalry was cancelled after 1961 due to fans fighting and hatred among fan bases. The series would renew again in 1981.