Texas vs. Ole Miss
Wednesday, January 1, 1958, Sugar Bowl Share
No. 7 Ole Miss beat Texas 39–7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Texas led the series 3–1 as played.
FinalTV: NBCAttendance 78,937Referee: Cliff Shaw (SWC; split crew: SWC, SEC)The game on Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- OLE MISS 39, TEXAS 7 IN SUGAR BOWLMississippi's Raymond Brown stages a brilliant one-man show as the Rebels blast a scrappy but outfought Texas team. Brown caps off his great day with a run from behind his own goal line, 103 yards for a touchdown
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Ole Miss 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Texas–Ole Miss gameOfficially, Texas leads 6–1; as played, 6–2 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2013 | Ole Miss 44, Texas 23 | |
| 2012 | Texas 66, Ole Miss 31 | |
| 1966 | Texas 19, Ole Miss 0 | Bluebonnet Bowl |
| 1961 | Texas 12, Ole Miss 7 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1957 | Ole Miss 39, Texas 7 | Sugar Bowl |
| 1925 | Texas 25, Ole Miss 0 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaSept. 20, 1958
- SeasonTexas in 1957
- ProgramTexas history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat MemphisSept. 20, 1958
- SeasonOle Miss in 1957
- ProgramOle Miss history and records