Ole Miss at Tennessee

Saturday, November 11, 1933

Tennessee beat Ole Miss 35–⁠6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 10–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1933
6
HomeTennessee7–⁠3 in 1933
35

FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TENNESSEE L|CKS MISSISSIPPI, 56 Feathers, Vaughn Lead Vols as They Hand Foe First Defeat of Season.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 12, 1933, page 55

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    TENNESSEE L|CKS MISSISSIPPI, 56 Feathers, Vaughn Lead Vols as They Hand Foe First Defeat of Season. p NOXVILLE, Tenn, NoVem- “ ber 1.-THE speed of Beat N tie Feathers, bounding half back, and expert Tipping of passes by Charley Vaughn, running mate, led Tennessee to a sweeping S5-to-6 victory over the previously undefeated University of Mississippi eleven here today before $4,000 overcoated fans and Mississippi’s Governor. Sennett Conner. After Rodgers, Mississippi halfback, had raced 33 yards for a touchdown in the early minutes Of the game, the Mississippi offense was unable to start clicking again. Feathers scored the Vols first two touchdowns, gathering in a short pass from Vaughn in the first quarter and speeding 25 yards around left end and driving through the line IA yards in the second period. Tennessee marched rs yards to score at the start of the third quarter with Craig, fullback, slicing through center 81 yards for a touchdown. Later the Vols scored a safety. In the final period two line plays by Bayless and Petruzze gained 36 yards and placed the ball on Mississippi’s s. yard stripe. From here RaylesS plunged through to score. Vaughn then hurled the ball to Humphries, end, for a 36-yard gain and Immediately repeated with a slanting flip TO Petruzze, mite halfback, who sprinted % yards for the final touch down. Ole Miss made 10 first downs to IA for Tennessee.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL. RESUITS.&

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 13, 1933, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL. RESUITS.& The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington 0; California B. Washington State IA; Idaho 6. Stanford 13; Southern California 2. UCLA IA; San Diego Marines 13. St. Mary’s ‘; College of Pacific O.. Montana 13; Gonzaga ‘. Oregon State 8; Oregon 13. Olympic Club T; West Coast Navy 0. Georgia ‘; Yale 0. Carnegie Tech o; Michigan 0. Johns Hopkins 6; Penn State 40. O; Princeton 2. Ohio State 20; Pennsylvania T. Duke 38; Maryland ‘. Navy T; Columbia IA. Holy Cross 27; Manhattan 6. Syracuse ?; Brown 10. Williams o; Wesleyan 6. Army 27; Harvard 0. Trinity T; Amhert 6. Illinois 3; Northwestern 0. Purdue 19; Notre Dame 0. Indiana T; Chicago T. Virginia 0; Washington and Lee 6. Sewanee IA; Vanderbilt 27. Florida ‘; Georgie Tech 19. Mississippi 6; Tennessee 35. Fordham 20; New York Univer- sity 12. Kansas 0; Nebraska 12. Baylor 3; Texas 0. College of Idaho 12; College of Puget Sound 54.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Tennessee leads 44–⁠20–⁠1; as played, 44–⁠21–⁠1 in 66 meetings, counting the 56 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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