Mississippi State at Ole Miss

Saturday, December 2, 1950. Ole Miss kept the Golden Egg Trophy

Ole Miss beat Mississippi State 27–⁠20. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Mississippi State led the series 22–⁠21–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayMississippi State4–⁠5 in 1950
20
HomeOle Miss5–⁠5 in 1950
27

FinalHigh 71°F, low 61°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Virginia Beats NC In 44-to-73 Upset.; Georgia Loses, o.

    Evening star, December 3, 1950, page 1 (results column)

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    Virginia Beats NC In 44-to-73 Upset.; Georgia Loses, o. Virginia. Southern Cali fornia and Georgia Tech scored major upsets yesterday | on the last day of the regular college football season. Virginia overwhelmed North Car olina, ABB, use beat Notre Dame. 81 and Tech defeated Georgia, TO. Results in other traditional windups included Maryland. So to 7 over VPI; Mississippi over Mississippi State. 27–⁠20; Holy Cross over Boston Col lege, 32–⁠14; Penn State over Pittsburgh, 21–⁠20; Baylor over Rice, 1871; Texas Christian over Southern Methodist. 27- 13: Oklahoma over Oklahoma Aggies, ALA, and Tennessee over Vanderbilt, 43–⁠0. Details in Sports Section.

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 66% 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 75 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

Around this game

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