Ole Miss at Memphis

Saturday, November 10, 1956

Ole Miss beat Memphis 26–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 13–⁠0 as played.

AwayOle Miss7–⁠3 in 1956
26
HomeMemphis0–⁠1 in 1956
0

FinalHigh 67°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Mississippi Beats Memphis State

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 73

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    Mississippi Beats Memphis State MEMPHIS. Nov. 10 tF1.--Mis. sissippi punched over two first quarter touchdowns and added another pair in the final period to beat rugged little Memphis State. 200. today. Memphis made the going tough all the way for the de- Tending Southeastern Confer ence champions and was very much in the game until late In the third period. Memphi state q q q o. n Mississippi IS q d ia-.a6 Mississippi scoring: Touchdown Brown w; rum: Hurst a., runl; Reed Cothren t2l

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 47–⁠12–⁠2; as played, 49–⁠12–⁠2 in 63 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Memphis 15, Ole Miss 10
2016Ole Miss 48, Memphis 28
2015Memphis 37, Ole Miss 24
2014Ole Miss 24, Memphis 3
2009Ole Miss 45, Memphis 14
2008Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24

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