Mississippi College at Alabama
Saturday, October 14, 1916 Share
Alabama beat Mississippi College 13–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 56°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1916, page 45
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Mississippi College–Alabama gameAlabama leads 7–0 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Mississippi College
- Next gameat LSUOct. 21, 1916
- SeasonMississippi College in 1916
- ProgramMississippi College history and records
Alabama
- Next gameat FloridaOct. 21, 1916
- SeasonAlabama in 1916
- ProgramAlabama history and records
