Mississippi State at Ole Miss

Saturday, November 29, 1952. Ole Miss kept the Golden Egg Trophy

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.

AwayMississippi State5–⁠4 in 1952
14
Home6Ole Miss8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 35°F, low 30°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 30, 1952, page 1 (results column)

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    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.

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 73 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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