Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 13, 1951

Vanderbilt beat Ole Miss 34–⁠20. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 22–⁠4 in the games on file.

Neutral siteOle Miss6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1951
20
Neutral siteVanderbilt6–⁠5 in 1951
34

FinalHigh 77°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Football Scores

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 15, 1951, page 6 (results column)

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    Football Scores Sunday Santa Clara 20, Loyola (Calif) 16. West. Montana 13, East. Montana 6. St. Vincents (Pa) 39, Kings (PO 19. St. Ambrose 29, St. Thomas 20. Saturday Washington 63, Oregon 6. California AZ, WSC .35. Stanford 21, UCLA !. USC 16, OSC IA. Pacific Lutheran 25. Cent. Wash. O. Idaho 12, Montana 9. College of Puget Sound 30, Whit worth 19 Col of Pacific 21, Clemson T. Linfield ‘, Whitman T (tie) Pacific U 27, Col. of Idaho T. West Wash. 56, British Columbia 6. Colo. A. and M IA, Wyoming T. Ore. Col. of Edu. 48, South. Ore. Col. of Edu. G. Michigan State 20, Marquette IA. Kansas 26, Utah ‘. Iowa 34, Pitt IT. Iowa State 32, Kansas State 6. Penn State Is, Nebraska T. SMU 27, Notre Dame 20. Ohio State 6, Wisconsin 6. Michigan 34. Indiana IA. Northwestern 27, Minnesota ‘. Oklahoma A. and M 43, Wichita 0. Illinois 4l, Syracuse 20, Princeton 13, Penn T. Dartmouth 2R, Army IA Columbia IA, Yale O. Rutgers 55, NYU 0. Cornell 42, Harvard 6. Georgia Tech 25, LSU ‘. North Car. 21, South Car. 6. Duke 27, North Car. State 21. William and Mary T, Wake Forest 6. Tulane 20, Holy Cross IA. Auburn IA, Florida 13. Vanderbilt 34. Mississippi 20. Maryland 43, Georgia T. Kentucky 27, Mississippi State 0. Ark. State 35, Ala. State 13. Texas 9. Oklahoma T. Baylor 9, Arkansas 2. Texas A. and M 53, Trinity IA. Hardin Simmons 39, Arizona State (Tempe) IA. Rice 31, Navy IA. Arizona 19, Texas Western 15.

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 60% to win. Vanderbilt won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 55–⁠40–⁠2; as played, 57–⁠37–⁠2 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 99 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 17
2023Ole Miss 33, Vanderbilt 7
2022Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 28
2021Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 17
2020Ole Miss 54, Vanderbilt 21
2019Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 6

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