Ole Miss at Tulane
Saturday, October 18, 1952 Share
Ole Miss beat Tulane 20–14. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 17–8 as played.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 61°FAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1952, page 1
Read the text
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18.-Halfback Dick Westerman led Missis- Isippi today to a 20–14 Southeast ern Conference football victory over tired Tulane. Mississippi, tied twice in three conference starts, found the spark in Westerman’s two touchdown Ismashes to ignite its offense. The 175-pound left halfback shared a fiat pass in the second quarter and burned up the renaming 81 yards to send Missis- Isippi into a TO lead. Tulane tied it up in the third quarter. but Westerman applied the torch again to Mississippi’s offense with a three-yard touch down plunge. Halfback Wilson billiard eli NAKED 33-yard fourth quarter drive to give the Rebels their game-clinching touchdown. Quar-
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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ole Miss–Tulane gameOfficially, Ole Miss leads 42–23; as played, 43–24 in 67 meetings, counting the 42 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
Ole Miss
- Next gameat ArkansasOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonOle Miss in 1952
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
Tulane
- Next gameat AuburnOct. 25, 1952
- SeasonTulane in 1952
- ProgramTulane history and records

