Ole Miss at Tennessee
Saturday, December 3, 1938 Share
No. 4 Tennessee beat Ole Miss 47–0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 14–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 35°F, 0.2 in. of rainAttendance 21,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 5, 1938, page 5
Read the text
TENNESSEE IS VICTOR OVER MISSISSIPPI MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 5. - The power valve of the University of Tennessee gridiron machine re- mained wide open and the Orange Bowl selection as it roared Satur- day afternoon to AT to triumph over the hapless Mississippi rebel team.
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.
On the newsreel
- GRID THRILLERS OF THE WEEKTennessee “Volunteers” winds up a brilliant season by smashing to a stunning 47-0 triumph over a hapless Mississippi “eleven” before 20,000
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Tennessee 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ole Miss–Tennessee gameOfficially, Tennessee leads 44–20–1; as played, 44–21–1 in 66 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2021 | Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 26 | |
| 2014 | Ole Miss 34, Tennessee 3 | |
| 2010 | Tennessee 52, Ole Miss 14 | |
| 2009 | Ole Miss 42, Tennessee 17 | |
| 2005 | Tennessee 27, Ole Miss 10 | |
| 2004 | Tennessee 21, Ole Miss 17 |
Around this game
Ole Miss
- Next gameat LSUSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonOle Miss in 1938
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. OklahomaJan. 2, 1939, Orange Bowl
- SeasonTennessee in 1938
- ProgramTennessee history and records