Mississippi State at Ole Miss

Saturday, November 27, 1948. Ole Miss kept the Golden Egg Trophy

No. 16 Ole Miss beat Mississippi State 34–⁠7. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Mississippi State led the series 22–⁠19–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayMississippi State4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1948
7
Home16Ole Miss8–⁠1 in 1948
34

FinalHigh 58°F, low 45°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID STARS IN CONTESTS Al WEEKEND

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 29, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    GRID STARS IN CONTESTS Al WEEKEND Arnold Ga,iffa, Army-scored one touchdown, trree passes good for 25 and Ao yards to set up two oth- CTS in 2l-2l tie with Navy. l Ell Hawkins, Navy-scored two touchdowns, did outstanding block ing and defensive job in tie with Army. Charlie Justice, North carolina ran 90 ano AT yards for touchdowns and passed 40 sEd 31 yards for two more touchoowns in teams 34–⁠12 victory over Virginia. Gil Johnson, Southern Methodist : engineered 99-yard drive in last minute and A. seconds of game to Erirg Southern Method st TT tie with TeAas Christian; ran 22 yards and passed for TT in touchdown surge. Frank Tripucka, Notre Dame threw three touchdown passes as Irish shut out Washington. 46–⁠0. Ray Mathews, of Clemson-threw 39-{ ard pass, then bucked line che yard for touchdown late in final period to give team 7–⁠6 victory over Auburn Larry Cooney, Penn State-cap- ped 55-yard march with IT yard cash for touchdown to give Penn state TO verdict over Washington State. Barney Poole, Mississlppi-caught two touchdown passes ill 34–⁠7 victory oyer Mississippi state; finishes sev- en years of college play at Miss sippi and Army

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)

Ole Miss 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 77 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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