Ole Miss at Kentucky

Saturday, September 27, 1952

Ole Miss and Kentucky tied 13–⁠13. It was their ninth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–⁠4–⁠1 as played.

AwayOle Miss8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1952
13
HomeKentucky5–⁠4–⁠2 in 1952
13

FinalHigh 90°F, low 47°FAttendance 29,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kentucky Comes Back Texas Aggies Shade To Tie Ole Miss, 1913 Oklahoma Ann, 14-7

    Evening star, September 28, 1952, page 67

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    Kentucky Comes Back Texas Aggies Shade To Tie Ole Miss, 1913 Oklahoma Ann, 14–⁠7 LEXINGTON. KY, Sept. 27.-A doWn-the-middle, 64-yard scoring pass from Larry Jones to Steve Meilinger brought Kentucky a 49, 13 tie with powerful Mississippi today in a Southeastern Confer ence football upset. Ole Miss. the club picked to fin ish third in the league race, went into the last period with a 1870 lead. That looked like money in the bank Kentucky got big break early in the period as the Ole Miss safety man. Jack Reed. bobbled a punt at the 1-foot line. Kentucky recovered and Jones punched over the tally that started Kentucky rolling. Mississippi, a rugged crew directed by the dangerous running and passing Jimmy Lear, stepped out with drives of 80 and As yards to score in the second and third periods. Kentucky – O 0 O l3-l; Mississippi scoring: touchdowns. Lotion soaring II r. Mail in

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)

Kentucky 62% to win.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 30–⁠15–⁠1; as played, 31–⁠15–⁠1 in 47 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 30, Kentucky 23
2024Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17
2022Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 19
2020Ole Miss 42, Kentucky 41
2017Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34
2011Kentucky 30, Ole Miss 13

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