Miami vs. Ole Miss

Miami and Ole Miss have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1936; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2, and Miami has won the last 2.

Miami wins
2
Ole Miss wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1936
Longest streak
2 Ole Miss
Current streak
2 Miami
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Miami 1, Ole Miss 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
11.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
1–⁠2 Miami’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Miami first
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Ole Miss, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: OLE MISS BEATS MIAMI Both Hapes Brothers Score in 14-O Gridiron Victory.

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 28, 1936

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Georgetown Accepts Bid To Play In Orange Bowl Hoyas Will Meet Mississippi State In New Years Battle At Miami

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Dec 4, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Oklahoma Ags Win; Miami Beats Ole Miss; Temple Tops Boston U.

    1951 · Evening star, Oct 27, 1951

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2025.

2025ESPN15.8 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Jan 8, 202610Miami 31, 6Ole Miss 27State Farm StadiumFiesta Bowl, CFP Semifinal
Oct 26, 1951Miami 20, Ole Miss 7at Miami
Nov 29, 1940Ole Miss 21, Miami 7at Miami
Nov 27, 1936Ole Miss 14, Miami 0at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.