Mississippi State at Ole Miss

Saturday, November 25, 1944. Ole Miss took the Golden Egg Trophy from Mississippi State

Ole Miss beat Mississippi State 13–⁠8. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Mississippi State led the series 21–⁠16–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayMississippi State6–⁠2 in 1944
8
HomeOle Miss2–⁠6 in 1944
13

FinalHigh 53°F, low 41°F, 0.6 in. of rainAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1944, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are final scores of leading football games played throughout the nation over the past weekend: Cornell 0; Penn 20. Penn State 0; Pitt IA. Lehigh 6; Rutgers 15 Virginia 6: Yale 6, tie. Duke 33; North Carolina 0. Swarthmore 13; Ursinus o, Michigan IA; Ohio State Is. Illinois 25; Northwestern 6. Tennessee 21; Kentucky T, Camp Peary 13; aBinbridge 2l. Dartmouth 5; Columbia 0. .Notre Dame 21; Georgia Tech O. Mississippi State 8; Mississippi 13. Indiana IA; Purdue 6. Fort Warren T; Great Lakes 28. Iowa Seahawks 30; Iowa 6. Colgate 20; Brown 32, Kansas State 0; Nebraska 35. Minnesota 28; Wisconsin 26. Texas Christian g; Rice 6. Southern Methodist T; Texas Tech 6. Atlantic City Naval 3l; Princeton 6. Murray 58; Millsaps o. use 40; UCLA 13. St. Mary’s Navy 33; California 6 Fl Toro Marines 60; San Fran cisco Coast Guard O. Second Air Force 0; Fourth Ail Force O, tie. Holy Cross 30; Boston College IA Randolph Field 33; Amarillo Ali Field 0. Hollywood Rangers 28; Seattle Bombers T. Chicago Bears 28; Philadelphia Eagles ‘. Washington Redskins IA; Bostor Tanks T. Green Bay Packers 35; Card Pitt 20.

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)

Mississippi State 80% to win. Ole Miss pulled the upset.

Officially, Ole Miss leads 67–⁠46–⁠6; as played, 67–⁠47–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 19
2024Ole Miss 26, Mississippi State 14
2023Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7
2022Mississippi State 24, Ole Miss 22
2021Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 21
2020Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 24

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