Ole Miss at Tennessee

Saturday, October 10, 1931

Tennessee beat Ole Miss 38–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 8–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1931
0
HomeTennessee9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1931
38

FinalHigh 81°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TENNESSEE WINS, $50 McEver Leads Way in one-sided Drive on Mississippi.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1931, page 59

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    TENNESSEE WINS, $50 McEver Leads Way in one-sided Drive on Mississippi. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. October 10 (F1. Gene McEver. flashing halfback of the University of Tennessee. lived up to his nickname of wild Bill here today as the Volunteers defeated the University of Mississippi 80 to 0. Three minutes after the start of the game McEver Skirted right end 81 yards for a touchdown. A few minutes later he shot pass to Mark, end, good for l6 yards, and score. Again in the third period McEver opened the way for touchdown by completing a 17-yard pas to Kohlhase, fullback, after which Allen, Mowers running mate, smashed through IA yards and over the goal line. The f1ashy halfback completed his days work in the final period by side-stepping through center and racing AZ yards. The Vols added two more touch downs in the final period.

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)

Tennessee 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 44–⁠20–⁠1; as played, 44–⁠21–⁠1 in 66 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 26
2014Ole Miss 34, Tennessee 3
2010Tennessee 52, Ole Miss 14
2009Ole Miss 42, Tennessee 17
2005Tennessee 27, Ole Miss 10
2004Tennessee 21, Ole Miss 17

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