Tulane at Ole Miss
Saturday, October 20, 1951 Share
Ole Miss beat Tulane 25–6. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 17–7 as played.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 40°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tulane–Ole Miss gameOfficially, Ole Miss leads 42–23; as played, 43–24 in 67 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.
| 2025 | Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10 | CFP First Round |
| 2025 | Ole Miss 45, Tulane 10 | |
| 2023 | Ole Miss 37, Tulane 20 | |
| 2021 | Ole Miss 61, Tulane 21 | |
| 2012 | Ole Miss 39, Tulane 0 | |
| 2010 | Ole Miss 27, Tulane 13 |
Around this game
Tulane
- Next gamevs. AuburnOct. 27, 1951
- SeasonTulane in 1951
- ProgramTulane history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat MiamiOct. 26, 1951
- SeasonOle Miss in 1951
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

