Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 9, 1954

No. 7 Ole Miss beat Vanderbilt 22–⁠7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 22–⁠6–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away7Ole Miss9–⁠2 in 1954
22
HomeVanderbilt2–⁠7 in 1954
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 59°FAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Ole Miss Remains Unbedten By Whipping Vanderbilt, 22-7

    Evening star, October 10, 1954, page 63

    Read the text

    Ole Miss Remains Unbedten By Whipping Vanderbilt, 22–⁠7 the closing minutes, when Don Orr fumbled in the end zone and was tackled by Leon Harbin. Mississippi - 4 O 8 9–⁠22 Vanderbilt or % o. Q Mississippi scoring: Touchdowns--- Blair. Muirhead, ]. Patton. Safety--Orr tackled By HArbin) Points after. touch doWWnnzDsy WnDsy. .. Patton. Rolfe. Point after touchdown-Goodall.

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 55–⁠40–⁠2; as played, 57–⁠37–⁠2 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 99 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 17
2023Ole Miss 33, Vanderbilt 7
2022Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 28
2021Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 17
2020Ole Miss 54, Vanderbilt 21
2019Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 6

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