Mississippi State at Ole Miss
Saturday, November 29, 1952. Ole Miss kept the Golden Egg Trophy Share
No. 6 Ole Miss beat Mississippi State 20–14. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Ole Miss led the series 23–22–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 35°F, low 30°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 30, 1952, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Georgia Tech and Mississippi who will meet in the Sugar Bowl both had scares but came through Tech scored two touchdownS in the last quarter to beat Georgia |23–9, while Mississippi turned back a last-minute Mississippi State drive to win, 20–14. Orange-bowl bound Alabama de. feated Auburn, 21–0, while Virginia won over William and Mary 20-l3, and Tennessee trounced Vanderbilt, 46–0. On the racing front, Walter A Edgar’S Prince Dare won the $50, 1000 Maryland Gold Cup al Bowie. Campbell Stables Anne s Love, coupled with Prince Dare as an entry, was second and Howell E. Jackson’s Caesar Did third. The program was marred by four spills. Jockey Bobby Mitchell suffered q broken collar bone, fall ing with Jack The Great in the nth race. “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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Mississippi State–Ole Miss gameOfficially, 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 73 since this game.
Around this game
Mississippi State
- Next gameat MemphisSept. 19, 1953
- SeasonMississippi State in 1952
- ProgramMississippi State history and records
Ole Miss
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechJan. 1, 1953, Sugar Bowl
- SeasonOle Miss in 1952
- ProgramOle Miss history and records

