Ole Miss at LSU

Saturday, November 4, 1950

LSU beat Ole Miss 40–⁠14. It was their 38th meeting; after it, LSU led the series 23–⁠10 in the games on file.

AwayOle Miss5–⁠5 in 1950
14
HomeLSU4–⁠5–⁠2 in 1950
40

FinalAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Louisiana State Trounees Mississippi u, 40 TO IA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 42

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    Louisiana State Trounees Mississippi u, 40 TO IA BATON ROUGE, La. Nov. A. Louisiana State University conquered the University of MISSISSIPPI pi 40–⁠14 here tonight to score its first Southeastern Conference football victory of the year. The flashing heels of Billy Bag gett, 1.-the halfback from Beau mont, Tex. was the big factor. Baggett. tipped for SO yards and Sc yards to score two Of the six LSU touchdowns. caught and intercept ed passes and handled most of the running. LSU scored on the ground, but trailed briefly early in the game. Fullback Lee Hedges also Tailed twice for the Tigers. The other two were made by Halfback Ken Konz and Quarterback Norm Stevens.

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)

LSU 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, LSU leads 64–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠42–⁠4 in the 110 games on file; the official count covers all 115 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ole Miss 32, LSU 24
2025Ole Miss 24, LSU 19
2024LSU 29, Ole Miss 26
2023Ole Miss 55, LSU 49
2022LSU 45, Ole Miss 20
2021Ole Miss 31, LSU 17

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