Union (Tennessee) at Ole Miss

Friday, October 31, 1919

Ole Miss beat Union (Tennessee) 25–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayUnion (Tennessee)0–⁠2 in 1919
6
HomeOle Miss4–⁠4 in 1919
25

FinalHigh 81°F, low 69°F

In the newspapers

  • The The news scimitar's story: OLE MISS RUNS WILD ON UNION Sullivan's Team Piles Up 25 to 6 Score in Lop- sided Contest.

    The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., November 1, 1919, page 16

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    OLE MISS RUNS WILD ON UNION Sullivan’s Team Piles Up 25 to 6 Score in Lop- sided Contest. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI. Nov. l.-With neither team displaying the fight expected Of them ole Miss ran up score Of rs to Unions Friday afternoon before one Of the largest audiences that has witnessed a football game here In several years. While Union at no time had chance to win, they held Mississippi for downs at three different times when Mississippi seemed sure Of touchdowns. MISSISSIPPI pi. scored touchdown in each quarter, Morris making the first one in the first seven minutes of the game. Morris carried the ball across again in the last quarter: Jiggetts carried the bali across In the second quarter and Barbour kicked goal Barbour scored in the third quarter, but failed to kick goal. Union made their only touchdown In the third quarter Immediately after Coach sullivan had let six substitutes so in, The center passed the bali too high and 1t was missed and recovered behind Mississippi’s goal by Womack, Many substtutions were made by both teams,

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Ole Miss 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ole Miss leads 10–⁠0–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Ole Miss 37, Union (Tennessee) 0
1936Ole Miss 45, Union (Tennessee) 0
1930Ole Miss 64, Union (Tennessee) 0
1925Ole Miss 7, Union (Tennessee) 6
1922Union (Tennessee) 0, Ole Miss 0
1919Ole Miss 25, Union (Tennessee) 6

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