Mississippi College at Alabama

Saturday, October 20, 1917

Alabama beat Mississippi College 46–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayMississippi College0–⁠4 in 1917
0
HomeAlabama5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
46

FinalHigh 61°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: Football Results

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], October 21, 1917, page 19 (results column)

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    Football Results At Tulsa-Kendall college O.; Pitts burg normal 0. At Dallas-Oklahoma IA; Texas 0. At Minneapois-Mi Minnesota 33: In diana 8. At Ithaca-Colgate 20: Cornell 0. At Boston-Rutgers 33; Lafayette 7. At Cleveland-Western Reserve 6; Kenyon O. At Annapolis-Navy 61; Carlisle indians 0. At Pittsburgh-Pittsbu U. 2S; Syracuse 0. At hampaign-Illinois q Wisconsin 0. At Atlanta – Georgia Tech 60; Washington and Lee 0. At Lincoln-Nebraska Z; Notre Dame O. At St. -Louis-Drury college 4 St. Louis u. 0. At Camp Custer-Army Officers a; Great Lakes Naval Station Jackies 0. At South Acknowledgements IA; Lehigh G. At West Point-Army 26; Tufts 8. At Peoria-Millikin Al; Bradley 0. At New York-Wesleyan Z; New York U. G. At Marshall Field, Chicago-Chicago 81; Purdue 0. At Washington-Was and Jefferson Z; Penn State 0. At Philadelphia-Pen 20; Bucknell 6. At Fmporia-Haskell Indians Z; Kansas State normal 8. At Omaha-South Dakota 6 Creighton 0. At aterville-Bowdoin 10; Colby At Meadville, Pa.-Alleghaney 80; Geneva 0. At Geneva-St. Lawrence 26; Hobart 0. At Middlebury Vt.-Norwich Z; Mid dlebury 0. At Allentown. Pa.-Franklin and Marshall 0; Muhlenbefg 13. At Williamstown, Mass.-Willams 12; Hamilton 0. At averford-Ursinus 23; Haverford 0. At re-Swarthmore II; Gettysburg 0. At villa Nova-Lebanon 16: Villa Nova 0. At Hoboken-Steve 22; Naval Aviation 0. At Baltmore-Dickinson IA; Johns Hopkins o. At Orono-Bates 6; Maine o. At Andover-Andover Z; Bumpkin Island Naval Reserves 6. At Williamstown – Williams 12; Hamilton 0. AT New Orleans-Sewanee 6; Louisiana O.. At Tuscaloosa, Ala.-University of Alabama 46; Mississippi college 0. At Birmingham-How college 12; Marion institute 7. At Blacksburg, Va.-V. p. I. 13; Davidson 7. At Richmond, Va.-Hampden Sid ney -; Richmond college 0. Al Spartanburg, S. C.-Presbyterian college q Wofford college 6. At Greenville. s. C.-Furman uni versity 20; Newberry college 7. At Lexington. Ky.-Vanderbilt 8; Kentucky State 0.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the three 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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