North Texas at Ole Miss
Saturday, November 7, 1953 Share
No. 12 Ole Miss beat North Texas 40–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 38°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 10, 1953, page 83
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Ole Miss Has SIGHTS on Terps; Clash Is NBC’s Gome-of-Doy They’re laying for us again.” Jim Tatum said yesterday. speaking of the Mississippi foot ball team which plays Maryland Saturday afternoon at College Park. Warren Giese and Emmett Cheek, who secuted the Rebels in their 40–7 triumph over North Texas State last week, said there were Beat Maryland” and “On to College Park” signs all over the Ole Miss Stadium at oxford There will be a special train from oxford carrying Ole Miss rooterS. The National Broadcasting Co. has selected Maryland and Miss issippi as it’s game-of -the-day Saturday on coast-to-coaSt network, with the exception of the Washington Baltimore area, which will be blacked out Staton WMAL will broadcast the game here. but gave permission for NBC to add the contest. Curt Gowdy will call the play-byplay. The game also has been added to the CHS Roundup, heard here over WTOP. It will share equal billing with four or five others on the Roundup. Saturday will be Dads Day at College Park, After a special tour of the university in the morning, there will be luncheon for the parents and then the fathers of the football players will be introduced at 1880. The dads will sit behind the players bench. each wearing a number corresponding to the one worn by his son. The halftime show will be Salute to Dad” The Naval Aviation Cadet drill team from Pensacola, Fla, will entertain at las, fifteen min utes before game time. The Elizabeth City IN. CO. High School Band will represent Mississippi. The organization of 95 pieces and IL majorettes makes from so to rs trips year
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Texas–Ole Miss gameOle Miss leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1956 | Ole Miss 45, North Texas 0 | |
| 1955 | Ole Miss 33, North Texas 0 | |
| 1954 | Ole Miss 35, North Texas 12 | |
| 1953 | Ole Miss 40, North Texas 7 |
Around this game
North Texas
- Next gamevs. West TexasNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonNorth Texas in 1953
- ProgramNorth Texas history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat MarylandNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonOle Miss in 1953
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

