Ole Miss at Tulane

Saturday, October 18, 1952

Ole Miss beat Tulane 20–⁠14. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 17–⁠8 as played.

AwayOle Miss8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1952
20
HomeTulane5–⁠5 in 1952
14

FinalHigh 80°F, low 61°FAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1952, page 1

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    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.

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