Mississippi College at Alabama

Saturday, October 14, 1916

Alabama beat Mississippi College 13–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayMississippi College4–⁠3 in 1916
7
HomeAlabama6–⁠3 in 1916
13

FinalHigh 85°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ALABAMA WINS OUT. Defeats Mississippi College, 13 to 2 Hovater Breaks Left Leg.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1916, page 45

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    ALABAMA WINS OUT. Defeats Mississippi College, 13 to 2 Hovater Breaks Left Leg. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. October 1.-THE University Of Alabama defeated Mississippi College, 13 to Z. IN . game marked by a brilliant fight on the part OF Mississippi and a series Of fumbles and penalties for Alabama. A neat defeat for the university boys was turned to victory by Quarterback Green. who made brilliant run for touchdown a few minutes before time and followed 1t with q goal kick. Capt. Anderson scored for Mississippi after an S0-yard dash through Alabama’s limo. Left Halfback Dexter Hovater OF Alabama had his left leG brolEsn in the second period.

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)

Alabama 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Alabama 55, Mississippi College 0
1924Alabama 51, Mississippi College 0
1920Alabama 57, Mississippi College 0
1917Alabama 46, Mississippi College 0
1916Alabama 13, Mississippi College 7
1915Alabama 40, Mississippi College 0

Around this game

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