Ole Miss at Arkansas

Saturday, October 25, 1952

Ole Miss beat Arkansas 34–⁠7. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 9–⁠7 as played.

AwayOle Miss8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1952
34
HomeArkansas2–⁠8 in 1952
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 33°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Unbeoten Mississippi Sweeps To 34-7 Win Over Arkansas

    Evening star, October 26, 1952, page 68

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    Unbeoten Mississippi Sweeps To 34–⁠7 Win Over Arkansas in similar fashion, Seizing an Arkansas tumble on the Razor back 30. Three line stabs gained to the IL. End Ray Howell slipped |unnoticed into the end zone and Lear hit him with a touchdown pass. The next time they got the ball. the Rebels drove 10 yards for another score. Dick Westerman made the last S yards on a pitch out. Old Miss ran its lead to 21–⁠7 with a 49-yard march in the second quarter. Wilson Dillard scored. Spiers took over the Rebel attack in the second half and led the way to a couple of unneeded touchdowns. One, a 10-yard off tackle jab by Spiers himself, capped a 72-yard drive. The other, on a Spiers-to-Jim Bridges pass, followed an Arkansas tumble on it’s own 6. Mississippi h1ks5sns ------ 4 999 1S-s4 Mississippi scoring: Touchdowhs-Howell Westerman, billiard, Spiers, Bridges. Con- IverSionS-Lear, 4. Arkansas scoring: Touchdown-McHan. COnVerSiOn-MaZZa,

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Ole Miss 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Arkansas leads 37–⁠32–⁠1; as played, 37–⁠34–⁠1 in 72 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 41, Arkansas 35
2024Ole Miss 63, Arkansas 31
2023Ole Miss 27, Arkansas 20
2022Arkansas 42, Ole Miss 27
2021Ole Miss 52, Arkansas 51
2020Arkansas 33, Ole Miss 21

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