2001 Arkansas vs. Ole Miss football game
The 2001 Arkansas vs. Ole Miss football game was a college football game played on November 3, 2001, between the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and the University of Mississippi Rebels; it broke a then–NCAA record for the longest football game ever played. The game included seven overtime periods, one of five games to ever do so. The lead went back and forth, with Ole Miss leading in the first quarter. The game was tied at halftime, and in the third quarter Arkansas gained a lead that Ole Miss would not get back until the fourth overtime. The game ended in the seventh overtime period when Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning failed to complete a pass on a two-point conversion play.
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Commemorative football on display at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | November 3, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Vaught–Hemingway Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Oxford, MS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Thomas Ritter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,464 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Golic, Bill Curry, Dave Barnett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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