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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".[1] 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.[1]

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.[2]
  • 1997: A melee broke out between the teams before the game[3]. 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.[4] Only once did the Mississippi State offense cross the 50-yard line into Ole Miss territory.[5] 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

References

  1. ^ a b Ole Miss football 2007 Media guide
  2. ^ The ClarionLedger: Cosby tried, God blew, and 2 teams celebrated
  3. ^ YouTube: Video of the 1997 Egg Bowl melee
  4. ^ The Clarion-Ledger: Ole Miss stifles State, allowing 37 total yards
  5. ^ The Clarion-Ledger: Late night ramblings: Egg Bowl edition
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