Ole Miss at Memphis

Friday, September 19, 1952

Ole Miss beat Memphis 54–⁠6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 10–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1952
54
HomeMemphis0–⁠1 in 1952
6

FinalHigh 77°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current's story: So. Eastern Conference Has Heavy Slate

    The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, September 22, 1952, page 5

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    So. Eastern Conference Has Heavy Slate For September day, the South eastern Conference football program Saturday of seven games is hard to beat. There is nothing resembling a breather in the bunch and it’s not out of reason to expect two or 3 favorites to get whipped. Leading off the program is q three-way tie for game of the day Florida at Georgia Tech; Georgia at Tulane and Maryland VS.. Auburn in Birmingham. Maryland, ranked second in the nation in the APP poll isn’t SEC member but the Terraphis play five conference opponents which means they will have a big part in deciding who wins the cham pionship. Auburn hardly is an SEC championship contender but the .Plainsmen have improved to the point where game with Maryland should produce some good foot ball Standing-wiSe, the Georgia Tu. lane game is first rate After whip ping Vanderbilt last week, 1877, in the only SEC game Georgia week in New Orleans and Wally rates first in the standings. An other victory over Tulane this week in New Orleans and Wally Butts Bulldogs will be in solid on top. Mississippi, Tech and Florida all ran up fat scores against minor leaguers last week. The opposition this week isn’t minor league. Mis- SiSSippi goes to Lexington to play below par but still dangerous Kentucky. Florida will be in At lanta against Tech. Other games have Tennessee opening its season in Memphis against Mississippi State, Ala bama VS. l.. S. u. in Baton Rouge Saturday night and Vandy in Char lottesville against Virginia. Tech and Mississippi piled up identical 54–⁠6 scores over the Citadel and Memphis Safe. Although both Tech and Mississippi we’re expected to look good, both looked great. In Nashville the Vandy CommodoreS successfully held Georgia’S passing quarterback, Zeke Brat kowSki, to a minimum of throwing activity. But. Georgia, unlike the 1851 season, had the running guns to turn on instead. A good set of hooters showed well, especially Fullback Foots Clemens. Florida showed up with good passing by Rick CasareS and won 1876 over Stetson. L. S. u. didn’t do as well as Tiger people hoped for against Texas and lost a rough 1914 game to the LonghornS. Ala bama showed little in fumbling IL times and Skidding through to a 20–⁠6 victory over Mississippi South ern. Kentucky was upset by Villa nova, 2S-6.

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 47–⁠12–⁠2; as played, 49–⁠12–⁠2 in 63 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Memphis 15, Ole Miss 10
2016Ole Miss 48, Memphis 28
2015Memphis 37, Ole Miss 24
2014Ole Miss 24, Memphis 3
2009Ole Miss 45, Memphis 14
2008Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24

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