Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

Saturday, October 28, 1961

Ole Miss beat Vanderbilt 47–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 22–⁠12–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayVanderbilt2–⁠8 in 1961
0
HomeOle Miss9–⁠2 in 1961
47

FinalHigh 72°F, low 41°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Vondy Showed Under By Mississippi, 40

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1961, page 29

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    Vondy Showed Under By Mississippi, 40 UNIVERSITY. Miss. Oct. 2s AP.-Potent Mississippi launched q massive attack today and the second = ranked Rebels rolled to q 47–⁠0 victory over outmanned Vanderbilt in . lackluster Southeastern Conference football game. The Rebels. starting slower than at any time this season, showed little punching across one touchdown in each Of the first two periods, then picking up the tempo against the tiring Vanderbilt team after in termisSion. ! Ole Miss. probably looking eheadfto next weeks encounter with -seventh-ranked Louisiana State, looked lifeless but had too much manpower and talent for Vanderbilt. The scoring parade featured two touchdowns by Fullback Billy Ray Adams and one each by End Wes Sullivan, Halfback A., j.. Holloway. End Ralph Smith and Quarterbacks Doug Elmore and Perry Lee Dunn. After Adams 2o-yard touch down run in the first quarter the Rebels added q second period touchdown on a 12-yard pass from Glenn Griffing, q reserve quartergack, to Sullivan. In the second half, it was all Ole Miss. although vandy made its only threat in. the third quarter. An Ole Miss

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 89% 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 61 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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