Ole Miss at Marquette

Saturday, November 1, 1941

No. 17 Ole Miss beat Marquette 12–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; Marquette leads the series 3–⁠2.

Away17Ole Miss6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1941
12
HomeMarquette4–⁠5 in 1941
6

FinalAttendance 7,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Auburn Threatened Twice. Mississippi Mudders Use Breaks 10 Win From Marquette

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1941, page 41

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    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.

Marquette leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings.

Recent meetings
1941Ole Miss 12, Marquette 6
1936Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0
1935Marquette 33, Ole Miss 7
1933Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0
1931Marquette 13, Ole Miss 6

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