Ole Miss at TCU

Saturday, October 22, 1949

TCU beat Ole Miss 33–⁠27. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayOle Miss4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1949
27
HomeTCU6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
33

FinalHigh 64°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Saturdays Football Stars and What They Did-pass. Run, Kick

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1949, page 2 (results column)

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    Saturdays Football Stars and What They Did-pass. Run, Kick Jim Cain and Arnold Galiffa, Army–Cain scored four touch downs and Galiffa tossed four SCOT ing passes as Army routed Colum- bia, 63–⁠6. Lindy Berry, Texas Christian passed for 2O7 yards and three touchdowns in a 33–⁠27 victory over Mississippi. Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist scored two touchdowns, kicked two extra points, gained 96 yards carry ing hall, averaged 50 yards bunting in 20–⁠7 victory over Kentucky James Williams, Rice = kicked field goal with 10 seconds remaining to bring 17–⁠15 victory over Texas; also kicked two extra points ana played a fine defensive game. Chuck Ortmann, Michigan – scored a touchdown, gained llo yards on ground and completed nine passes for 92 yards as Michi- gan upset Minnesota, 14–⁠7.

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)

TCU 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ole Miss leads 5–⁠2 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2014TCU 42, Ole Miss 3Peach Bowl
1983Ole Miss 20, TCU 7
1982Ole Miss 27, TCU 9
1955Ole Miss 14, TCU 13Cotton Bowl
1950Ole Miss 19, TCU 7
1949TCU 33, Ole Miss 27

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