Ole Miss at Marquette
Saturday, November 1, 1941 Share
No. 17 Ole Miss beat Marquette 12–6. It was their fifth meeting; Marquette leads the series 3–2.
FinalAttendance 7,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1941, page 41
Read the text
Auburn Threatened Twice. Mississippi Mudders Use Breaks 10 Win From Marquette MILWAUKEE. Nov. 1.-The Uni versity of Mississippi football team proved to be better mudders and cashed in on scoring opportunities in the first and final periods to defeat Marquette. y to 6, today before a home coming crowd of 10000. Ole Miss” jumped into an early lead held it until the third period when Marquette recovered tumble and tied the score, and then counted the winning touchdown after a poor kick gave them the ball deep in Marquette territory. A 65-yard march brought Mississippi’s first-period touchdown. Late in the third period Bob Nc Cahill’s punt was fumbled by Ray Terrell on Mississippis 7-yard line to set up the Marquette score.
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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ole Miss–Marquette gameMarquette leads 3–2 in five meetings.
| 1941 | Ole Miss 12, Marquette 6 | |
| 1936 | Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0 | |
| 1935 | Marquette 33, Ole Miss 7 | |
| 1933 | Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0 | |
| 1931 | Marquette 13, Ole Miss 6 |
Around this game
Ole Miss
- Next gameat LSUNov. 8, 1941
- SeasonOle Miss in 1941
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
Marquette
- Next gameat Detroit MercyNov. 8, 1941
- SeasonMarquette in 1941
- ProgramMarquette history and records
