The 1970 Sugar Bowl was a post-season college football

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 bowl game

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 between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the . In the thirty-sixth Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

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, #13 Ole Miss upset #3 Arkansas, 27–22.

Setting

Arkansas entered the game with a 9-1 record and #3 national ranking. Ole Miss, led by Johnny Vaught

Johnny Vaught

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, entered at 7-3. The two neighboring states had developed a rivalry, with a yearly series ending in 1961. The two clubs also met in the 1963 Sugar Bowl

1963 Sugar Bowl

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.

#3 Arkansas

The Razorbacks were making a return trip to the Sugar Bowl, following up a victory in the 1969 Sugar Bowl

1969 Sugar Bowl

The 1969 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the 4th ranked Georgia Bulldogs, and the 9th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Chuck Dicus was named Sugar Bowl MVP after catching 12 passes.-Arkansas:...

. Starting 9-0, the Razorbacks ended the regular season with a loss to the Texas Longhorns

1969 Texas Longhorns football team

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 in The Game of the Century

1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game

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. This loss to the #1 Longhorns cost the Hogs a SWC Championship and a chance at the national championship.

#13 Ole Miss

Ole Miss, led by coaching great Johnny Vaught and quarterback Archie Manning

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 entered the game at 7-3.

Game summary

Ole Miss running back

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 Bo Bowen scampered 69 yards to open the scoring, with Archie Manning

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 adding another 18-yard TD run. Down 14-0, Arkansas responded with a 12 yard TD run by Bill Burnett, but the extra point

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 was missed, and after a Rebel field goal and Archie Manning 30-yard TD strike, were down 24-6. Before halftime, Chuck Dicus

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 hauled in a 47-yard pass from Bill Montgomery

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, but the two-point conversion

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 was incomplete, and the Rebels took a 24-12 halftime lead.

The third quarter produced a field goal from each team, and in the fourth quarter fullback Bruce Maxwell caught a six-yard strike from Montgomery to cut the lead to five, but the rally fell short, the Hogs losing by a 27-22 final.