Arkansas vs. Ole Miss
Saturday, October 24, 1953 Share
Ole Miss beat Arkansas 28–0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Arkansas led the series 9–8 as played.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 50°FAttendance 25,210
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 25, 1953, page 69
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ole Miss Bottles Up Arkansas McHan 10 Triumph, 20-O MEMPHIS, Oct. 24.-Mississippi powered over two touch downs, shook Harol Lotion loose on an 86-yard dash for a third. passed for fourth and four times stopped Arkansas drives inside the 20 for a $50 win today. The rugged Ole Miss defense kept Arkansas highly regarded Lamar McHan bottled up except for dazzling 40-yard pass COM pletion and a 30-yard punt return. A near capacity crowd jammed 26, ,000-Seat Crump Stadium for the bitterly contested interconference game, part of which was nationally televised. MisSiSsippi’s initial I’D came with the first quarter only five minutes gone when Billy Kinard rammed over from the one to climax a 55-yard drive. Pete Mangum punched over from the two for the Ole Miss second score after Arkansas Phil Reginelli fumbled on his 80. Loften went off tackle and shook the last defensive man loose on the Mississippi Is in his spectacular run in the last quarter. A 20-yard pass from Lea Paslay to Allen Muirhead in the last seconds accounted for the final score. Arkansas – O o o o. q Mississippi O 7 l4-oS Scoring: Mississippi. touchdowns – Kinard, Mangum, Lotion, Muirhead. Conversions-Paslay (3l, j. Patton.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Arkansas–Ole Miss gameOfficially, Arkansas leads 37–32–1; as played, 37–34–1 in 72 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2025 | Ole Miss 41, Arkansas 35 | |
| 2024 | Ole Miss 63, Arkansas 31 | |
| 2023 | Ole Miss 27, Arkansas 20 | |
| 2022 | Arkansas 42, Ole Miss 27 | |
| 2021 | Ole Miss 52, Arkansas 51 | |
| 2020 | Arkansas 33, Ole Miss 21 |
Around this game
Arkansas
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonArkansas in 1953
- ProgramArkansas history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat LSUOct. 31, 1953
- SeasonOle Miss in 1953
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

