Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
Saturday, October 28, 1961 Share
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.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 41°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1961, page 29
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Ole Miss 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 61 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
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. KentuckyNov. 11, 1961
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1961
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gameat LSUNov. 4, 1961
- SeasonOle Miss in 1961
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

