Kentucky vs. Mississippi State

Saturday, November 4, 1944

No. 18 Mississippi State beat Kentucky 26–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Mississippi State led the series 3–⁠2 as played.

Neutral siteKentucky3–⁠6 in 1944
0
Neutral site18Mississippi State6–⁠2 in 1944
26

FinalHigh 78°F, low 57°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Ypsilanti daily press's story: Tussle to be Arnistice Day

    The Ypsilanti daily press, Ypsilanti, Mich., November 6, 1944, page 6 (results column)

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    Tussle to be Arnistice Day New York. Nov. 6-AP-Saturday is the twenty.siXth anniversairy Of Armistice Day but there will be no cessation Of football hostilities. That is the day Army is booked with Notre Dame in Yankee sta dunn, Auburn opposes Mississippi state, Duke takes on Wake Forest. Tulane tangles with Georgia Tech. Illinois inyades Michigan. Oklahoma decides the Big Six title with Missouri. UCLA and California col Tide in a repeat contest, Randolph Field works out against Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas meets Rice. Notre Dame, shackled by Nays heavy line Saturday in a 80 TO Is defeat robably will enter the Army game, for which all seats wee sold in August, as the under. dog. The Cadets, who flattened Villa nova in their final tuneup by an SO 10 score while their head coach and both first string fullbacks were absent haven’t scored against Notre Dame since 1888 and haven’t triumphed in the series with the South Bend Ramblers since 1881. This,year, however, the Cadets are after revenge. They have roll ed over six rivals at exactly a point a minute clip and have permitted only three touchdowns TO be registcred against them. A week ago they were rated the No. team in the land While some 1900 spectators will Jam their way into the stadium and millions of other fans will fol low the game from afar, the contest isn’t the only one of import ance Saturday. Mississippi State. leader In the Southeast circuit since its 26 TO 0 verdict over Kentucky. and twice beaten Auburn. winner by a 81 TO 0 score over Presbyterian In Its latest outing, are booked at Birmingham while Georgia Tech, pushed from the clean slate list by Duke. 10 TO IS. bangs into Tulane. loser only to Notre Dame. Wage Forest, unbeaten leader If the southern loop, invades Dur ham where Duke found the win ming combination Saturday against Tech. Illinois. idle Saturday, moves against Michigan in an important Big Ten fray just a week after the Wolverines Debated Pennsylvania. Al to 10. Although minus two OF it’s stars because OF Navy trans fers Michigan piled UP 81 TO 0 lead on the Quakers in the first half Ohio State, undisputed leader in the Big Ten and 81 to Z winner OF Indiana takes on oft-beaten Pittsburgh and rejuvenated Purdue. 81 to o winner from Wisconsin. takes on Northwestern. held to II to IA tie by Minnesota. Oklahoma. which continued its domination OF Iowa State with II to 7 victory, has chance TO settle the Big Six title problems by downing Missouri. The Tigers dropped Michigan State of the unbeaten list, 13 to :, with last period touchdown. Randolph Field, with what is probably the greatest team in col lege circles today, follows It’s So to o conquest Of North Texas Aggies with a night meeting against South

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)

Mississippi State 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Kentucky leads 26–⁠25; as played, 26–⁠25 in 51 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kentucky 24, Mississippi State 3
2022Kentucky 27, Mississippi State 17
2021Mississippi State 31, Kentucky 17
2020Kentucky 24, Mississippi State 2
2019Mississippi State 28, Kentucky 13
2018Kentucky 28, Mississippi State 7

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