Egg Bowl

Egg Bowl
Teams	Ole Miss Rebels Mississippi State Bulldogs
Originated	1901
Series	Ole Miss leads 60–40–6
Largest Victory	Mississippi State 65 Ole Miss 0 November 6, 1915
Highest Scoring Game	Ole Miss 45 Mississippi State 30 November 23, 2000
Most Recent Game	Mississippi State 41 Ole Miss 27 November 28, 2009
Mississippi (60)	Mississippi St. (40)
1902 1904 1906 1909 1910 1926 1927 1928 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1938 1944 1945 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1992 1995 1997 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008	1901 1905 1907 1908 1911 1915 1916 1917 1918 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1936 1937 1939 1940 1941 1942 1946 1964 1970 1974 1980 1982 1987 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2001 2005 2007 2009
Ties (5)
1929 1953 1957 1963 1968

The Battle of the Golden Egg (nicknamed the Egg Bowl) is an annual college football game between the Mississippi members of the Southeastern Conference, the Mississippi State University (MSU) Bulldogs and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Rebels. The two teams first played in 1901, and now have totaled 106 meetings. The rivalry is the 10th longest uninterrupted series in the United States. In 1927 game officially became known as the "The Battle of the Golden Egg". The game generally serves as the final regular season game for both the Rebels and Bulldogs.

History

Early in the series, Mississippi State dominated, and had only lost five times in the first twenty-three contests. When Ole Miss beat MSU, then known as Mississippi A&M College, 7-6, the Ole Miss fans rushed the field, some trying to tear the goalposts down. A&M fans did not take well to the Ole Miss fans celebrations, and fights broke out. Some A&M fans defended the goal posts with wooden chairs, and several injuries were reported. To prevent such events in the future, students of the two schools created the "Golden Egg", a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927. The trophy is a large football-shaped brass piece mounted to a wooden base and traditionally symbolizes supremacy in college football in the state of Mississippi for the year. The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby; the trophy thus, to modern eyes, more resembles an egg than a football. The awarding of the "Golden Egg" was instituted in 1927 by joint agreement between the two schools' student bodies.

For many years this game was played at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, which seats approximately 62,000. Besides being centrally located in the state, at the time it was the only venue in the state capable of seating the anticipated crowd; for many years Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, seated only about 32,000 and Scott Field in Starkville, seated only about 31,000. Both have been considerably expanded and are now capable of accommodating the crowds which can realistically be expected, and both on-campus venues have been continually upgraded beyond what can be offered at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Since the Egg Bowl was moved back to the campuses, Mississippi State has won 10 games to Mississippi's 9.

Notable games

1929 Ole Miss vs. Mississippi A&M football program. The game ended tied 7-7. Note on the cover the game was referred to as "Mississippi's Football Classic" and not the "Egg Bowl".

• 1941: Mississippi State won its very first Southeastern Conference title, behind quarterback Jennings Moates, after winning 6-0.

• 1976 and 1977: Mississippi State won the Egg Bowl these two years but had to forfeit the wins due to NCAA violations.

• 1983: In what has become known to Ole Miss and MSU fans as "The Immaculate Deflection," the 1983 Egg Bowl played in Jackson Down 24-23 with 24 seconds left in the game, MSU kicked what would have been a 27-yard game winning field goal. MSU freshman kicker Artie Cosby kicked it straight and long and what appeared to be over the crossbar, but as the ball reached the goal posts, a 40 mile per hour gusting wind suspended the ball inches from the uprights, after which it fell short of the goal post, securing the victory for the University of Mississippi.

• 1997: A melee broke out between the teams before the game. The game was won 15-14 by the Ole Miss Rebels on a 4th quarter drive. Tommy Tuberville, in his third season as the Rebels' head coach, successfully attempted a two-point conversion in order to avoid overtime. Stewart Patridge connected with Corey Peterson for the score, giving Ole Miss its first bowl berth in several years.

• 1998: Mississippi State clinched their first SEC West division title after winning 28-6.

• 1999: Known as "The Pick and the Kick," down 20-13, MSU rallied late in the 4th quarter to tie the game. With 20 seconds left, instead of kneeling the ball to go to overtime, Mississippi decided to run a play, deep in their own territory. Rebel quarterback Romero Miller dropped back and lobbed a deep pass which was deflected by the hands and then the foot of MSU cornerback Robert Bean before being intercepted by Eugene Clinton and returned deep into Rebel territory. On the next play, with 8 seconds left, Bulldog kicker Scott Westerfield kicked a 44-yard game-winning field goal.

• 2003: This year saw the 100th meeting between the two teams. Ole Miss clinched a share of their first SEC West division title after winning 31-0, with current New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLII MVP Eli Manning leading the team. Eventual BCS National Champion LSU beat Ole Miss head-to-head the previous week and represented the SEC West in the SEC Championship Game. This Egg Bowl marked Jackie Sherrill's final game as a football coach as in the middle of the 2007 season he had announced his retirement. Sherrill had an overall record of 7-6 against the Rebels.

• 2007: Mississippi State, after trailing 14-0 late in the fourth quarter, reeled off seventeen points in the final 7 minutes, 51 seconds to win the game and leave Ole Miss winless in the SEC for the first time in 25 years. Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron was fired after the game and former Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Houston Nutt was hired.

• 2008: Ole Miss won 45-0, with the third biggest margin ever in the series, to Mississippi State's 65-0 victory in 1915 and Ole Miss' 48-0 victory in 1971. Only once did the Mississippi State offense cross the 50-yard line into Ole Miss territory. Ole Miss held MSU to just 37 total yards, which nets minus 51 rushing yards against 88 yards passing. The next day Sylvester Croom resigned as Mississippi State's head coach.

• 2009: Mississippi State won 41-27 in a game that was not as close as the final score. The pre-game was marked by back-and-forth shots between OM coach Houston Nutt and State coach Dan Mullen. The 41 points scored by the Bulldogs was their most in the series since 1917, the most scored on Ole Miss all season, and their 412 yards of offense was the most that the Ole Miss defense had been gashed for all year.

Game results

Ole Miss and MSU meet during a 1970s Egg Bowl

Ole Miss and MSU meet in the 2008 Egg Bowl

Jamarca Sanford and John Jerry celebrate Ole Miss' 45-0 win in the 2008 Egg Bowl. Sanford is carrying the Egg Bowl Trophy.

Ole Miss' new high definition scoreboard shows the final score of the 2008 Egg Bowl. Ole Miss 45, Mississippi State 0.

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MSU's high definition scoreboard shows the final score and parodies UM's troubles with their song. Mississippi State 41, Mississippi 27.

Mississippi victories are shaded ██ red. Mississippi State victories shaded in ██ maroon. Ties shaded white. Forfeits shaded ██ gray.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
October 28, 1901	Starkville	Mississippi State	17	Ole Miss	0	MSU 1-0
October 25, 1902	Starkville	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	0	Tied 1-1
November 14, 1903	Oxford	Ole Miss	6	Mississippi State	6	Tied 1-1-1
October 22, 1904	Columbus	Ole Miss	17	Mississippi State	5	MISS 2-1-1
November 30, 1905	Jackson	Mississippi State	11	Ole Miss	0	Tied 2-2-1
November 29, 1906	Jackson	Ole Miss	29	Mississippi State	5	MISS 3-2-1
November 28, 1907	Jackson	Mississippi State	15	Ole Miss	0	Tied 3-3-1
November 26, 1908	Jackson	Mississippi State	44	Ole Miss	6	MSU 4-3-1
November 25, 1909	Jackson	Ole Miss	9	Mississippi State	5	Tied 4-4-1
November 24, 1910	Jackson	Ole Miss	30	Mississippi State	0	MISS 5-4-1
November 30, 1911	Jackson	Mississippi State	6	Ole Miss	0	Tied 5-5-1
November 6, 1915	Tupelo	Mississippi State	65	Ole Miss	0	MSU 6-5-1
November 3, 1916	Tupelo	Mississippi State	36	Ole Miss	0	MSU 7-5-1
November 3, 1917	Tupelo	Mississippi State	41	Ole Miss	14	MSU 8-5-1
November 28, 1918	Starkville	Mississippi State	34	Ole Miss	0	MSU 9-5-1
December 7, 1918	Oxford	Mississippi State	13	Ole Miss	0	MSU 10-5-1
November 8, 1919	Clarksdale	Mississippi State	33	Ole Miss	0	MSU 11-5-1
November 6, 1920	Greenwood	Mississippi State	20	Ole Miss	0	MSU 12-5-1
October 29, 1921	Greenwood	Mississippi State	21	Ole Miss	0	MSU 13-5-1
October 21, 1922	Jackson	Mississippi State	19	Ole Miss	13	MSU 14-5-1
October 20, 1923	Jackson	Mississippi State	13	Ole Miss	6	MSU 15-5-1
October 18, 1924	Jackson	Mississippi State	20	Ole Miss	0	MSU 16-5-1
October 24, 1925	Jackson	Mississippi State	6	Ole Miss	0	MSU 17-5-1
November 25, 1926	Starkville	Ole Miss	7	Mississippi State	6	MSU 17-6-1
November 24, 1927	Oxford	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	12	MSU 17-7-1
November 29, 1928	Starkville	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	19	MSU 17-8-1
November 28, 1929	Oxford	Ole Miss	7	Mississippi State	7	MSU 17-8-2
November 27, 1930	Starkville	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	0	MSU 17-9-2
November 26, 1931	Oxford	Ole Miss	25	Mississippi State	14	MSU 17-10-2
November 24, 1932	Starkville	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	0	MSU 17-11-2
December 2, 1933	Oxford	Ole Miss	31	Mississippi State	0	MSU 17-12-2
December 1, 1934	Starkville	Ole Miss	7	Mississippi State	3	MSU 17-13-2
November 30, 1935	Oxford	Ole Miss	14	Mississippi State	6	MSU 17-14-2
November 21, 1936	Starkville	Mississippi State	26	Ole Miss	6	MSU 18-14-2
November 25, 1937	Oxford	Mississippi State	9	Ole Miss	7	MSU 19-14-2
November 26, 1938	Starkville	Ole Miss	19	Mississippi State	6	MSU 19-15-2
November 25, 1939	Oxford	Mississippi State	18	Ole Miss	6	MSU 20-15-2
November 23, 1940	Starkville	Mississippi State	19	Ole Miss	0	MSU 21-15-2
November 29, 1941	Oxford	Mississippi State	6	Ole Miss	0	MSU 22-15-2
November 28, 1942	Starkville	Mississippi State	34	Ole Miss	12	MSU 23-15-2
November 25, 1944	Oxford	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	8	MSU 23-16-2
November 24, 1945	Starkville	Ole Miss	7	Mississippi State	6	MSU 23-17-2
November 23, 1946	Oxford	Mississippi State	20	Ole Miss	0	MSU 24-17-2
November 29, 1947	Starkville	Ole Miss	33	Mississippi State	14	MSU 24-18-2
November 27, 1948	Oxford	Ole Miss	34	Mississippi State	7	MSU 24-19-2
November 26, 1949	Starkville	Ole Miss	26	Mississippi State	0	MSU 24-20-2
December 2, 1950	Oxford	Ole Miss	27	Mississippi State	20	MSU 24-21-2
December 1, 1951	Starkville	Ole Miss	49	Mississippi State	7	MSU 24-22-2
November 29, 1952	Oxford	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	14	MSU 24-23-2
November 28, 1953	Starkville	Ole Miss	7	Mississippi State	7	MSU 24-23-3
November 27, 1954	Oxford	Ole Miss	14	Mississippi State	0	Tied 24-24-3
November 26, 1955	Starkville	Ole Miss	26	Mississippi State	0	MISS 25-24-3
December 1, 1956	Oxford	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	7	MISS 26-24-3
November 30, 1957	Starkville	Mississippi State	7	Ole Miss	7	MISS 26-24-4
November 29, 1958	Oxford	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	0	MISS 27-24-4
November 28, 1959	Starkville	Ole Miss	42	Mississippi State	0	MISS 28-24-4
November 26, 1960	Oxford	Ole Miss	35	Mississippi State	9	MISS 29-24-4
December 2, 1961	Starkville	Ole Miss	37	Mississippi State	7	MISS 30-24-4
December 1, 1962	Oxford	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	6	MISS 31-24-4
November 30, 1963	Starkville	Mississippi State	10	Ole Miss	10	MISS 31-24-5
December 5, 1964	Oxford	Mississippi State	20	Ole Miss	17	MISS 31-25-5
November 27, 1965	Starkville	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	0	MISS 32-25-5
November 26, 1966	Oxford	Ole Miss	24	Mississippi State	0	MISS 33-25-5
December 2, 1967	Starkville	Ole Miss	10	Mississippi State	3	MISS 34-25-5
November 30, 1968	Oxford	Ole Miss	17	Mississippi State	17	MISS 34-25-6
November 27, 1969	Starkville	Ole Miss	48	Mississippi State	22	MISS 35-25-6
November 26, 1970	Oxford	Mississippi State	19	Ole Miss	14	MISS 35-26-6
November 25, 1971	Starkville	Ole Miss	48	Mississippi State	0	MISS 36-26-6
November 25, 1972	Oxford	Ole Miss	51	Mississippi State	14	MISS 37-26-6
November 24, 1973	Jackson	Ole Miss	38	Mississippi State	10	MISS 38-26-6
November 23, 1974	Jackson	Mississippi State	31	Ole Miss	13	MISS 38-27-6
November 22, 1975	Jackson	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	7	MISS 39-27-6
November 20, 1976	Jackson	Ole Miss	11	Mississippi State	28*	MISS 40-27-6
November 19, 1977	Jackson	Ole Miss	14	Mississippi State	18*	MISS 41-27-6
November 25, 1978	Jackson	Ole Miss	27	Mississippi State	7	MISS 42-27-6
November 24, 1979	Jackson	Ole Miss	14	Mississippi State	9	MISS 43-27-6
November 22, 1980	Jackson	Mississippi State	19	Ole Miss	14	MISS 43-28-6
November 21, 1981	Jackson	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	17	MISS 44-28-6
November 20, 1982	Jackson	Mississippi State	27	Ole Miss	10	MISS 44-29-6
November 19, 1983	Jackson	Ole Miss	24	Mississippi State	23	MISS 45-29-6
November 24, 1984	Jackson	Ole Miss	24	Mississippi State	3	MISS 46-29-6
November 23, 1985	Jackson	Ole Miss	45	Mississippi State	27	MISS 47-29-6
November 22, 1986	Jackson	Ole Miss	24	Mississippi State	3	MISS 48-29-6
November 21, 1987	Jackson	Mississippi State	30	Ole Miss	20	MISS 48-30-6
November 26, 1988	Jackson	Ole Miss	33	Mississippi State	6	MISS 49-30-6
November 25, 1989	Jackson	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	11	MISS 50-30-6
November 24, 1990	Jackson	Ole Miss	21	Mississippi State	9	MISS 51-30-6
November 23, 1991	Starkville	Mississippi State	24	Ole Miss	9	MISS 51-31-6
November 28, 1992	Oxford	Ole Miss	17	Mississippi State	10	MISS 52-31-6
November 27, 1993	Starkville	Mississippi State	20	Ole Miss	13	MISS 52-32-6
November 26, 1994	Oxford	Mississippi State	21	Ole Miss	17	MISS 52-33-6
November 25, 1995	Starkville	Ole Miss	13	Mississippi State	10	MISS 53-33-6
November 30, 1996	Oxford	Mississippi State	17	Ole Miss	0	MISS 53-34-6
November 29, 1997	Starkville	Ole Miss	15	Mississippi State	14	MISS 54-34-6
November 26, 1998	Oxford	Mississippi State	28	Ole Miss	6	MISS 54-35-6
November 25, 1999	Starkville	Mississippi State	23	Ole Miss	20	MISS 54-36-6
November 23, 2000	Oxford	Ole Miss	45	Mississippi State	30	MISS 55-36-6
November 22, 2001	Starkville	Mississippi State	36	Ole Miss	28	MISS 55-37-6
November 28, 2002	Oxford	Ole Miss	24	Mississippi State	12	MISS 56-37-6
November 27, 2003	Starkville	Ole Miss	31	Mississippi State	0	MISS 57-37-6
November 27, 2004	Oxford	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	3	MISS 58-37-6
November 26, 2005	Starkville	Mississippi State	35	Ole Miss	14	MISS 58-38-6
November 25, 2006	Oxford	Ole Miss	20	Mississippi State	17	MISS 59-38-6
November 23, 2007	Starkville	Mississippi State	17	Ole Miss	14	MISS 59-39-6
November 28, 2008	Oxford	Ole Miss	45	Mississippi State	0	MISS 60-39-6
November 28, 2009	Starkville	Mississippi State	41	Ole Miss	27	MISS 60-40-6

External links

• 2003 The ClarionLedger Egg Bowl Series