Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Saturday, October 9, 1954 Share
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.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 59°FAttendance 26,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Ole Miss–Vanderbilt gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 17 | |
| 2023 | Ole Miss 33, Vanderbilt 7 | |
| 2022 | Ole Miss 52, Vanderbilt 28 | |
| 2021 | Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 17 | |
| 2020 | Ole Miss 54, Vanderbilt 21 | |
| 2019 | Ole Miss 31, Vanderbilt 6 |
Around this game
Ole Miss
- Next gamevs. TulaneOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonOle Miss in 1954
- ProgramOle Miss history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat GeorgiaOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1954
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

