Ole Miss at Memphis

Friday, September 16, 1949

Ole Miss beat Memphis 40–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 7–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1949
40
HomeMemphis1–⁠1 in 1949
7

FinalHigh 73°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID Up5ET5

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 17, 1949, page 6 (results column)

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    GRID Up5ET5 N33y U11N IxAoONHUeS1 ‘ oooI Two Southern football “biggieS” kicked off last night, Georgia beat ing stubborn Furman, 25–⁠0, and Mississippi trampling Memphis State, 40–⁠7. Johnny Bakers Denver Univer- sity gang gave strong warning to the Rocky Mountain area with a 48-O rout of Colorado Mines. Drake served notice on the Mid- lands with a 40–⁠0 tune-up against South Dakota State.

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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 47–⁠12–⁠2; as played, 49–⁠12–⁠2 in 63 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Memphis 15, Ole Miss 10
2016Ole Miss 48, Memphis 28
2015Memphis 37, Ole Miss 24
2014Ole Miss 24, Memphis 3
2009Ole Miss 45, Memphis 14
2008Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24

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