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Pacific touchdown. Four fumbles were lost on the day by the Mississippi Southern. Hugh Laurin Pepper scored the only Mississippi Southern touchdown, with little time remaining. Tom McCormack rushed for three touchdowns, a then
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Mississippi Southern returned to the Sun Bowl the following year for their second of four bowl appearances in a span five years.
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62:Independent
57:Independent
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326:References
296:Background
193:Kidd Field
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317:Aftermath
246:Sun Bowl
216:(Pacific)
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423:(Dec. 7)
288:and the
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537:History
302:Alabama
222:Referee
189:Stadium
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