South Carolina vs. Ole Miss
Saturday, October 4, 1947 Share
Ole Miss beat South Carolina 33–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 84°F, low 61°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1947, page 45
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d &tf &sCta First Bewitch Third in Belmont Futurity ole Miss Whips South Carolina BY $50 for 7 bird Stroiqht covered an ole Miss tumble midway of the opening period on the Ole Miss 21. South Carolina lunged up to the 13 but on the second play the ball squirted from Harold Hagan’s hands. Mississippi’s Jack Odom caught 1t on the fly, and In privacy raced 81 yards to a touchdown.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 6, 1947, page 3 (results column)
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Rs%H0 FOOTBALL | SCORES Brown ‘; Princeton 21. Dartmouth 28; Syracuse ‘. Boston University 14, Harvard 29 Louisiana State l9; Georgia 35. Iowa State ‘; Kansas 27 Purdue 24; Ohio State 20. Minnesota 28; Nebraska 13. Wisconsin ‘; Indiana T. Northwestern 27; UCLA 26. Texas Aggies IA; Nebraska l3. Georgia Tech 20, Tulane 0. Duke 15; Tennessee T South Carolina 0; Mississippi 33. Paine College 30; Albany State Teachers College O. Bradley ‘; Wichita Univ 23. North Carolina 0; Texas 34. Alabama ‘, Vanderbilt IA Louisiana Teachers o. Auburn 14, Middletury 19; Williams ‘. Clarkson 32; Norwich O. Scranton 54; AIC 6. Fort Devens T; Tufts 32. Lebanon Valley 23 Moravian 20 Oberlin 25; Allegany O. Maryville tTenn) 27; Centre O. Knox 6; Grinnell IA Western State 6; Colorado Col lege 2. Drake IA; Tulsa 28. West Texas State 13; Texas T. 21 Texas Christian 0; Arkansas 6. Howard 0; West Virginia s. O. Utah State 26; Colorado ARM 13 Western Michigan IA; Washing ton University (St Louis) G. Michigan Tech T; Eau Clair Wis consin Teachers 0. Washington State ‘; Idaho 0. oregon State IA; Washington T. Nevada IS; Oregon G. Brigham Young T; Wyoming 12 Rice T; use ‘. Emporia State 12; Washburn G. Denison (Ohio) 19; Washington and Jefferson fl. U. of Massachusetts IT, Bow doin G. Temple 13; Holy Cross 19 Michigan State ‘; Mississippi 5. O. Army AT; Colorado O. Bucknell 0; Penn State 54 Notre Dame 40; Pitt 6. Stanford 13; Michigan 49 Cornell 0; Yale IA. Columbia IS; Navy G. Washington and Lee C; West Virginia 35 North Texas State 2o Florida l2. Missouri 19; Southern Method ist 35. New York University 19, Brook lyn College 0. Virginia Military Institute 13; George Washington T. New Mexico 20; Kansas State l8. Hawaii 0; Utah 35 Arizona State ’0, Texas Mines 40. Oklahoma ARM IA; Denver 26 Arizona 40, Montana ‘, San Francisco 51; Duquesne O. Harbin College 19; Oklahoma City University ‘. Wittenberg T. Wilmington G. Cincinnati 20, St. Bonaventure 14. Marshall T; Eastern Ky. 6. Western Ky. IA; Arkansas State IA (tie game). New Mexico 20; Kansas S. 18 North Dakota U 13; Augustana Sioux Falls) T. Hanover IS; Georgetown (Ky) 13 Mississippi College AT; Uniyer- sity of Mexico 13. McMurray 20; Centenary 12. Memphis State 13; Missouri Mines O. Virginia Military 13; George T. North Carolina State l4; Da- vidson 0. North Texas State 20; Florida l2 s. Methodist 35; Missouri 19 Southern Idaho 20; Idaho State 20 (tie game) Texas Mines 40; Arizona CFlag- staff) State 0. Chico (Calif) State 19; Califor- mia Poly O. Utah 35; Hawaii 0. Arizona 40; Montana T. Humboldt State 27; Oregon Col ege of Education T. Santa Clara 20 Fresno State 19. San Diego State 56; California
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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every South Carolina–Ole Miss gameOle Miss leads 11–8 in 19 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. FurmanOct. 11, 1947
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1947
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat VanderbiltOct. 11, 1947
- SeasonOle Miss in 1947
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

