Mississippi State at Auburn

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Mississippi State beat Auburn 49–⁠34. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 14–⁠12–⁠1 as played.

AwayMississippi State5–⁠4 in 1952
49
HomeAuburn2–⁠8 in 1952
34

FinalHigh 68°F, low 29°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stars

    Evening star, November 10, 1952, page 79 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stars Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame His versatile performance as a. runner, punter, pass receiver and defensive stalwart stood out as Fighting Irish upset Oklahoma. I27–⁠21. Billy Vessels, Oklahoma = Scored his teams three touch downs, two coming on runs of 81 and A yards, as Sooners bowed to Notre Dame, 27–⁠21. Russ Smale, Dartmouth – Caught two touchdown passes and ran back a punt so yards for a third score in 1914 trouncing of Columbia. Zeke Bratk0wski, Georgia Completed Is of 81 passes for 269 yards, including three for touch downs, in the Bulldogs 34–⁠37 vic tory over Penn. Homer Smith, Princeton-Rambled for 273 yards rushing and tailed four touchdowns, one on a 73-yard jaunt, in 41–⁠21 rout of Harvard. Fred Franco, Navy–Gained lis yards rushing. only two less than entire Duke team, and scored two touchdowns as midshipmen upset Blue Devils, 1876. Jack Parker, Mississippi State Scored three touchdowns, passed for three others, set up a seventh and booted six extra points in his teams 49–⁠34 triumph over Auburn. Tommy O’Connell, Illinois – Completed % of “a passes for 306 yards, tossing for one touchdown and scoring another himself in 1913 romp over Iowa. Billy Wells, Michigan State Tailed twice while gaining 155 yards rushing in SpartanS’ ALA success over Indiana. Tom Nickoloff, Southern Cali fornia-An end, he caught three touchdown passes in SAT conquest of Stanford. Don Heinrich, Washington – Connected on % of 80 aerial at tempts, tossing one touchdown pass and scoring another tally himself, in 22–⁠7 win over Cali Ifornia. Dick OchOa, Texas – Notched his second touchdown with SO seconds to play as Longhorns edged Baylor, 1888. Charley Harding, Virginia – Threw three touchdown passes land scored once himself in his teams BAT victory overd North lCarolina. Steven Meilinger, Kentucky An all-around workhorse, he scored a pair of touchdowns and passed for another in 27–⁠6 triumph over Tulane.

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)

Mississippi State 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Auburn leads 66–⁠28–⁠2; as played, 63–⁠31–⁠3 in 97 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Auburn 27, Mississippi State 13
2022Mississippi State 39, Auburn 33
2021Mississippi State 43, Auburn 34
2020Auburn 24, Mississippi State 10
2019Auburn 56, Mississippi State 23
2018Mississippi State 23, Auburn 9

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