Union (Tennessee) at Ole Miss
Friday, October 31, 1919 Share
Ole Miss beat Union (Tennessee) 25–6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 69°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Union (Tennessee)–Ole Miss gameOle Miss leads 10–0–1 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.
Around this game
Union (Tennessee)
Ole Miss
- Next gameat Mississippi StateNov. 8, 1919
- SeasonOle Miss in 1919
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
