Ole Miss at Kentucky

Saturday, September 28, 1963

Ole Miss beat Kentucky 31–⁠7. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 14–⁠5–⁠1 as played.

AwayOle Miss7–⁠1–⁠2 in 1963
31
HomeKentucky3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1963
7

FinalHigh 68°F, low 53°FAttendance 37,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, September 30, 1963, page 16

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    Iof Florida shut out Purdue for the first time in 80 games, 80, and favored Iowa was held to a l4–⁠14 tie b. Washington State. Ohio State and Air Force made couple of big bids to gain a ranking, with Buckeye Coach Woody Hayes showing a much flasher attack in a ITO decision over Texas AIM. Quarterback Terry Isaacson scored four touchdowns in the Air Forces $50, rout of Colo RADIO State. Mississippi rebounded from a scoreless tie with M e m p h S State with a 31–⁠7 triumph over Kentucky.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 30–⁠15–⁠1; as played, 31–⁠15–⁠1 in 47 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 30, Kentucky 23
2024Kentucky 20, Ole Miss 17
2022Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 19
2020Ole Miss 42, Kentucky 41
2017Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34
2011Kentucky 30, Ole Miss 13

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