Ole Miss at Kentucky

Saturday, September 23, 1944

Kentucky beat Ole Miss 27–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 1–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss2–⁠6 in 1944
7
HomeKentucky3–⁠6 in 1944
27

FinalHigh 67°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results Of Football Games

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1944, page 21 (results column)

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    Results Of Football Games East. Harvard, 40; Bates, 6. Coast Guard, 40; Tufts. 7. Villanova, 10; Scranton, 7. Worcester Tech, II; Rensselaer,, Atlantic City Air Base, 3; Swarth. more, 0. Connecticut. 81: Norwich, 0. F. and NJ, 26; UrSinus. 0. Bucknell, IA: Muhlenberg, 0. Rochester, 81; Union, 7. Pitt. 26; West Virginia, 10. Cornell, 80: Syracuse, 6. South. Duke. 81; Richmond, Z. Wake Forest, T. North Carolina, 0 Clemson, “a; Presbyterian, 0. Virginia, 81; Hampden-Sydney, 0. South Carolina, 4S; Newberry, O. Kentucky. 27: Mississippi, 7. Florida, So: Mayrort, 6. North Carolina State, 81: Mill. gan, 7. Louisiana Normal, 20; Marine Of. ficers, 7. Millsaps, 10; Howard, ID. Catawba, 6; Emory and Henry, 0. Third Air Force, 81; Charleston Coast Guard, 0. Midwest. Iowa Navy, 10; Minnesota, l3. Baldwin Wallace, Is; Bowling Green 6. Great Lakes. ~: Purdue, Is. Denison. 40, Ohio Wesleyan, 8. Illinois. Is; Indiana, 10. Michigan. IA; Marquette, 0.

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)

Kentucky 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 30–⁠15–⁠1; as played, 31–⁠15–⁠1 in 47 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 30, Kentucky 23
2024Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17
2022Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 19
2020Ole Miss 42, Kentucky 41
2017Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34
2011Kentucky 30, Ole Miss 13

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