Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1911, page 1

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  SOUTHERN TITLE FOR VANDERBILT ELEVEN Smothers Mississippi University in Game for the Championship. | NASHVILLE. Tenn, November 49, Vanderbilt won the foot bali champion ship Of the south here today by defeating the University of Mississippi. p to O. The score hardly tells the story, as the Mississippians played the winners q hard game. Neither team scored in the first quarter In the second quarter long trick for ward pass. caught by Skies. was taken by him to Mississippis 5-yard line Morrison went over for a touchdown. Later in the quarter. when Vanderbilt again neared the goal line, lack Curtin, the sure-footed Vanderbilt punter. was sent in and kicked field goal. In the third quarter, with the ball on his 5-yard line. where the Mississippi team had rushed it. Capt Morrison lodged the entire Mississippi team on a fake punt and ran IS yards before he was crowded out of bounds. Immediately following this Hardage started around Mississippfs left end. Blocked, he turned back and started around the other end Again cornered, he doubled for the second time and. after having been tackled by almost every member Of the Mississippi team, completed q 3O-yard run for a touchdown. Vanderbilt made another touchdown in the last quarter.

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 19, 1911, page 13

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  Vanderbilt Defeats Mississippi 21 to O NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 19.-Vanderbilt claims to be champion of the South today, having won decisively from Mississippi yesterday by 2l to 0. Vanderbilts amazing double passes and forward passes won the game, Mississippi being wholly unable to solve the plays before many yards had been gained. Ray Morrison, the Vanderbilt captain, played spectacular football throughout.

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  Rock Island Argus, Illinois, November 20, 1911, page 3 (results column)

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  Football Saturday LOCAL. LOCAL. Rock Island, IA; Moline, IL. Davenport, 80; Keokuk, 0. Moline Illini, 12; Coulon’s Athletics, ). WEST. Chicago, 6; Cornell, o. Wisconsin, 6; Minnesota, 6. Illinois. 27; Northwestern, 13. Michigan, IL; Pennsylvania, 9. Purdue, 80; Rose Poly. 6. Iowa, 0; Ames, 8. Nebraska, %; Kansas, 0. Ohio State. o; Oberlin, 0. Cornell, 40; Coe. 0. Knox, 0; Beloit. 0. Case, 5; Buchtel, 0. Butler, 8; De Pauw, o. Reserve, 16: Carnegie Tech, O. Washington, 6; Drake, 6. st. Louis, 5; Missouri, 0. Mount Union, %; Hiram, o. Kansas Aggies, 3; Arkansas, 0. Marquette, AZ; Creighton, II. Loyola, 16; Dixon, II. Cincinnati, IL; Miami, 0. Lombard, 80; Bradley Tech, 0. Colorado College, II; Mines, 0. Lake Forest, 6; Monmouth, 0. Olivet, 5; Albion, 0. Colorado, 9; Utah, 0. Otterbein, 6; Wesleyan, 5. Washington, %; Oregon, 8. Denver University. 6; Wyoming, 0. EAST. Princeton, 6; Yale, 3. Harvard, 5 Dartmouth, 3. Navy, 0; Penn State, 0. Army, 12; Colgate, G. Brown, s; Vermont, 0. Syracuse, 12; Carlisle, II. Williams, 8; Amherst, 0. Pittsburgh, 12; w. and J., O. Trinity, “a; Haverford. 6. Swarthmore, IS; Dickinson. 0. Lehigh, s; Franklin and Marshall, 0. Bucknell. 90; Muhlenburg, 3. SOUTH. Georgetown, 8; Virginia, 0. Johns Hopkins, II; ST Johns, o. Vanderbilt, 21; Mississippi, 0. Swanee, g; Alabama, 0. Pennsylvania, IL; Kentucky, 5. North Carolina, 4 w and l., 0. Virginia Military, 80; Catholic T., 0. Georgia, 8; Georgia Tech, 0. Davidson, 10; South Carolina, O.. Richmond, II; Roanoke, 5. Bingham, 4S; Chattanooga, 0. Southwestern, Is; Louisiana, 6. Texas, 18; Auburn, 3. Mercer, 20; Clemson, 6. PREPARATORY. Oak Park, “a; Hyde Park, o. EnglewOod, 3; University High, o. Lane, 10; Wendell Phillips. 0. Lake, 21; Lake View, 0. Lane Minors, 8: st. Phillips, o. Bowen. %; High Minors. 6. Crane, 12; Oak Park Minors, 3.

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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 87 since this game.