Tulane at Ole Miss

Saturday, October 20, 1951

Ole Miss beat Tulane 25–⁠6. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 17–⁠7 as played.

AwayTulane4–⁠6 in 1951
6
HomeOle Miss6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1951
25

FinalHigh 79°F, low 40°FAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST FAR WEST Illinois 27-Washington 20 Southern Cal 21-California IA Stanford 21-Santa Clara IA Washington State 26 - Oregon State 13 UCLA 41-Oregon 0 SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 20 - Texas A & M IA Oklahoma 33-Kansas 21 Rice 28-Southern Methodist 2 MIDWEST Northwestern 16-Navy 7 Michigan 21-Iowa 0 Notre Dame 33-Pittsburgh O Indiana 32-Ohio State 10. SOUTH LSU 7-Georgia 0 Kentucky 35-Villanova 13 Mississippi 25-Tulane 6 Virginia 34-VMI IA Duke 55-VPI 6 Georgia Tech 27-Auburn 2 EAST San Francisco 32-Fordham 26 Penn 28-Columbia 13 Princeton 60-Lafayette 7 Carnegie Tech 39-Allegheny O

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)

Tulane 53% to win. Ole Miss won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 42–⁠23; as played, 43–⁠24 in 67 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10CFP First Round
2025Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10
2023Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20
2021Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21
2012Ole Miss 39, Tulane 0
2010Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13

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