Ole Miss at Tulane
Saturday, October 25, 1941 Share
Ole Miss beat No. 10 Tulane 20–13. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 15–5 as played.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 69°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 26, 1941, page 42
Read the text
Tulane Bowl Hopes Are Blasted As FIoshy Little Mississippi; Scurries to 2O-73 Upset 20 and it took only nine plays. plus an offside penalty, to cross Tulane’s goal line. Passes by Hovious and running plays by Hapes and Ray Terrell carried to the /. Hapes pounded guard for the score. Pen Benefits S placekick put Ole Miss permanently ahead. After couple more punts. Flack, Hovious’ tiny understudy. faxed a pass, ran wide to the left as Tulanes charging linemen were sucked in, and flashed down the sidelines 48 yards to score. Hovious Goes IS to Score. In the third period, Julian Brig macs punting pushed Ole Miss back up on its goal line. Hovious changed that, however, by slicing through right guard and scurrying through stumbling Tulanians for 78 yards and Ole Miss final touchdown. Tulane took II plays to drive 62 yards for its second touchdown, six plays being necessary to cover the last IL yards. Bob Glass went through right guard to score by inches
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
- MISSISSIPPI UPSETS TULANE, 20-13A stunning upset puts the great Tulane team in a grid shadow, as the "Rebels" uncork amazing long runs to win
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)
Tulane 59% to win. Ole Miss pulled the upset.
The series
Every Ole Miss–Tulane gameOfficially, Ole Miss leads 42–23; as played, 43–24 in 67 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
| 2025 | Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10 | CFP First Round |
| 2025 | Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10 | |
| 2023 | Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20 | |
| 2021 | Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21 | |
| 2012 | Ole Miss 39, Tulane 0 | |
| 2010 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13 |
Around this game
Ole Miss
- Next gameat MarquetteNov. 1, 1941
- SeasonOle Miss in 1941
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
Tulane
- Next gameat VanderbiltNov. 1, 1941
- SeasonTulane in 1941
- ProgramTulane history and records