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The Magnolia Bowl

LSU vs. Ole Miss

110 of their 115 meetings are on file: they first met in 1894, and the earliest on file is 1902; officially, LSU leads 64–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠42–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 6–⁠4, and Ole Miss has won the last 2. The winner takes home the Magnolia Bowl Trophy, played for since 2008. Ole Miss has held it since the 2025 game. The NCAA vacated LSU’s two wins (2012 and 2014) and Ole Miss’s win (2013); they don’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
LSU leads 64–⁠44–⁠4
LSU wins on file
64
Ole Miss wins on file
42
Ties
4
Earliest on file
1902 first met 1894
Longest streak
8 LSU
Current streak
2 Ole Miss
Last 10 meetings
LSU 6–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠1
1910s4–⁠2
1920s4–⁠1
1930s6–⁠2
1940s4–⁠4
1950s3–⁠7–⁠1
1960s2–⁠6–⁠2
1970s8–⁠2
1980s7–⁠2–⁠1
1990s4–⁠6
2000s7–⁠3
2010s8–⁠2
2020s3–⁠4
Both ranked
13 meetings: LSU 7, Ole Miss 6; 5 both in the top 10
Average margin
14.1 points; 44 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At LSU
44–⁠23–⁠3 LSU’s record at home
At Ole Miss
18–⁠20–⁠1 Ole Miss’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 LSU first
Shutouts
25

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Magnolia Bowl Trophy

Played for since
2008
Held by
Ole Miss since the 2025 game
Games for it on file
19 LSU 11, Ole Miss 8

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 2008 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Magnolia Bowl Trophy.

Games that tell the story

  1. LSU’s biggest win2011: LSU 52, Ole Miss 3by 49 points
  2. Ole Miss’s biggest win1963: Ole Miss 37, LSU 3by 34 points
  3. Upset2008: Ole Miss 31, LSU 13Ole Miss had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1997: Ole Miss 36, LSU 21Ole Miss had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1947: Ole Miss 20, LSU 18Ole Miss had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1959: LSU 7, Ole Miss 3No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 1 LSU
  7. Ranked showdown1959: Ole Miss 21, LSU 0No. 3 LSU at No. 2 Ole Miss
  8. Ranked showdown1958: LSU 14, Ole Miss 0No. 6 Ole Miss at No. 1 LSU

Coach against coach

YearsLSUSeriesOle Miss
1938–⁠1945Bernie Moore2–⁠4Harry Mehre
1948–⁠1954Gaynell Tinsley2–⁠4–⁠1John Vaught
1955–⁠1961Paul Dietzel3–⁠4–⁠1John Vaught
1962–⁠1973Charles McClendon3–⁠6–⁠1John Vaught
1974–⁠1977Charles McClendon3–⁠1Ken Cooper
1980–⁠1982Jerry Stovall2–⁠0–⁠1Steve Sloan
1984–⁠1986Bill Arnsparger2–⁠1Billy Brewer
1987–⁠1990Mike Archer3–⁠1Billy Brewer
1991–⁠1993Curley Hallman2–⁠1Billy Brewer
1995–⁠1998Gerry DiNardo2–⁠2Tommy Tuberville
2000–⁠2004Nick Saban4–⁠1David Cutcliffe
2005–⁠2007Les Miles3–⁠0Ed Orgeron
2008–⁠2011Les Miles2–⁠2Houston Nutt
2012–⁠2015Les Miles2–⁠2Hugh Freeze
2017–⁠2019Ed Orgeron3–⁠0Matt Luke
2022–⁠2025Brian Kelly2–⁠2Lane Kiffin

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from LSU’s side (Moore 2–⁠4 against Mehre). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of LSU and Ole Miss, 1902 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Joe Burrow LSU32 of 42, 489 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT2019 Passing
Max Johnson LSU27 of 51, 435 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT2020 Passing
Kayshon Boutte LSU14 catches, 308 yards, 3 TD2020 Receiving
Leonard Fournette LSU16 carries, 284 yards, 3 TD2016 Rushing
Alley Broussard LSU26 carries, 250 yards, 3 TD2004 Rushing
Derrius Guice LSU22 carries, 276 yards, 1 TD2017 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1902 game: Louisiana. g: Mississippi. O.

    1902 · The Montgomery advertiser, Montgomery, Ala., Nov 9, 1902

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1909 game: Louisiana 10, Mississippi 0.

    1909 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 10, 1909

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1914 game: l.. S. IT. Defeated

    1914 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 18, 1914

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1916 game: LOUISIANA STATE SWAMPS MISSISSIPPI

    1916 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 19, 1916

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1938 game: BUMPER CROP OF. TITLE GRID TILTS. HOLD SPOTLIGHT.

    1938 · The Washington times, Sep 26, 1938

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game twice: 2026, 2014.

2025ABC6.7 million viewers
2026ABC10.9 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Sep 19, 20268Ole Miss 32, 7LSU 24at Ole Miss
Sep 27, 202513Ole Miss 24, 4LSU 19at Ole Miss
Oct 12, 202413LSU 29, 9Ole Miss 26at LSU
Sep 30, 202320Ole Miss 55, 13LSU 49at Ole Miss
Oct 22, 2022LSU 45, 7Ole Miss 20at LSU
Oct 23, 202112Ole Miss 31, LSU 17at Ole Miss
Dec 19, 2020LSU 53, Ole Miss 48at LSU
Nov 16, 20191LSU 58, Ole Miss 37at Ole Miss
Sep 29, 20185LSU 45, Ole Miss 16at LSU
Oct 21, 201724LSU 40, Ole Miss 24at Ole Miss
Oct 22, 201625LSU 38, 23Ole Miss 21at LSU
Nov 21, 201525Ole Miss 38, 17LSU 17at Ole Miss
Oct 25, 201424LSU 10, 3Ole Miss 7vacatedat LSU
Oct 19, 2013Ole Miss 27, 6LSU 24vacatedat Ole Miss
Nov 17, 20128LSU 41, Ole Miss 35vacatedat LSU
Nov 19, 20111LSU 52, Ole Miss 3at Ole Miss
Nov 20, 20105LSU 43, Ole Miss 36at LSU
Nov 21, 2009Ole Miss 25, 10LSU 23at Ole Miss
Nov 22, 2008Ole Miss 31, 18LSU 13at LSU
Nov 17, 20071LSU 41, Ole Miss 24at Ole Miss
Nov 18, 20069LSU 23, Ole Miss 20at LSU
Nov 19, 20054LSU 40, Ole Miss 7at Ole Miss
Nov 20, 200414LSU 27, Ole Miss 24at LSU
Nov 22, 20033LSU 17, 15Ole Miss 14at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 200221LSU 14, Ole Miss 13at LSU
Oct 27, 2001Ole Miss 35, LSU 24at LSU
Nov 11, 2000LSU 20, Ole Miss 9at Ole Miss
Oct 30, 199925Ole Miss 42, LSU 23at LSU
Oct 31, 1998Ole Miss 37, LSU 31at Ole Miss
Oct 18, 1997Ole Miss 36, 8LSU 21at LSU
Nov 16, 199617LSU 39, Ole Miss 7at Ole Miss
Nov 11, 1995LSU 38, Ole Miss 9at LSU
Oct 29, 1994Ole Miss 34, LSU 21at Ole Miss
Oct 30, 1993LSU 19, Ole Miss 17at LSU
Oct 31, 1992Ole Miss 32, LSU 0at Ole Miss
Nov 2, 1991LSU 25, Ole Miss 22at Ole Miss
Nov 3, 199017Ole Miss 19, LSU 10at LSU
Nov 4, 1989LSU 35, Ole Miss 30at Ole Miss
Oct 29, 198813LSU 31, Ole Miss 20at LSU
Oct 31, 19875LSU 42, Ole Miss 13at Ole Miss
Nov 1, 1986Ole Miss 21, 12LSU 19at LSU
Nov 2, 198516LSU 14, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 3, 198415LSU 32, Ole Miss 29at LSU
Oct 29, 1983Ole Miss 27, LSU 24at Ole Miss
Oct 30, 198213LSU 45, Ole Miss 8at LSU
Oct 31, 1981LSU 27, Ole Miss 27at LSU
Nov 1, 1980LSU 38, Ole Miss 16at LSU
Nov 3, 1979LSU 28, Ole Miss 24at Ole Miss
Nov 4, 197812LSU 30, Ole Miss 8at LSU
Oct 29, 1977LSU 28, Ole Miss 21at Ole Miss
Oct 30, 1976LSU 45, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 1, 1975Ole Miss 17, LSU 13at Ole Miss
Nov 2, 1974LSU 24, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 3, 19737LSU 51, Ole Miss 14at Ole Miss
Nov 4, 19726LSU 17, Ole Miss 16at LSU
Oct 30, 1971Ole Miss 24, 11LSU 22at Ole Miss
Dec 5, 19708LSU 61, 16Ole Miss 17at LSU
Nov 1, 1969Ole Miss 26, 8LSU 23at Ole Miss
Nov 2, 1968Ole Miss 27, 14LSU 24at LSU
Nov 4, 1967LSU 13, Ole Miss 13at LSU
Oct 29, 1966Ole Miss 17, LSU 0at LSU
Oct 30, 1965Ole Miss 23, 5LSU 0at Ole Miss
Oct 31, 19649LSU 11, Ole Miss 10at LSU
Nov 2, 19633Ole Miss 37, LSU 3at LSU
Nov 3, 19626Ole Miss 15, 4LSU 7at LSU
Nov 4, 1961LSU 10, Ole Miss 7at LSU
Oct 29, 19602Ole Miss 6, LSU 6at Ole Miss
Jan 1, 19602Ole Miss 21, 3LSU 0Neutral siteSugar Bowl
Oct 31, 19591LSU 7, 3Ole Miss 3at LSU
Nov 1, 19581LSU 14, 6Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 9, 195714Ole Miss 14, LSU 12at Ole Miss
Nov 3, 1956Ole Miss 46, LSU 17at LSU
Oct 29, 1955Ole Miss 29, LSU 26at LSU
Oct 30, 195412Ole Miss 21, LSU 6at LSU
Oct 31, 195318Ole Miss 27, LSU 16at LSU
Nov 1, 1952Ole Miss 28, LSU 0at Ole Miss
Nov 3, 1951LSU 6, Ole Miss 6at LSU
Nov 4, 1950LSU 40, Ole Miss 14at LSU
Oct 29, 194917LSU 34, Ole Miss 7at LSU
Oct 30, 1948Ole Miss 49, LSU 19at LSU
Nov 1, 1947Ole Miss 20, 17LSU 18at LSU
Nov 2, 1946LSU 34, Ole Miss 21at LSU
Nov 3, 194517LSU 32, Ole Miss 13at LSU
Oct 17, 1942LSU 21, Ole Miss 7at LSU
Nov 8, 194116Ole Miss 13, LSU 12at LSU
Sep 28, 1940Ole Miss 19, LSU 6at LSU
Sep 30, 1939Ole Miss 14, LSU 7at LSU
Sep 24, 1938Ole Miss 20, LSU 7at LSU
Oct 16, 1937LSU 13, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Oct 17, 1936LSU 13, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 17, 1934LSU 14, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 18, 1933LSU 31, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 14, 1931LSU 26, Ole Miss 3at Ole Miss
Nov 8, 1930LSU 6, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 16, 1929LSU 13, Ole Miss 6at LSU
Nov 10, 1928LSU 19, Ole Miss 6at LSU
Nov 5, 1927Ole Miss 12, LSU 7at Ole Miss
Nov 13, 1926LSU 3, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 12, 1921LSU 21, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Oct 18, 1919LSU 13, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Oct 13, 1917LSU 52, Ole Miss 7at Ole Miss
Nov 18, 1916LSU 41, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Oct 15, 1915LSU 28, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Oct 17, 1914Ole Miss 21, LSU 0at LSU
Oct 19, 1912Ole Miss 10, LSU 7at LSU
Oct 9, 1909LSU 10, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 16, 1907LSU 23, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Oct 20, 1906Ole Miss 9, LSU 0at LSU
Nov 5, 1904LSU 5, Ole Miss 0at LSU
Nov 8, 1902LSU 6, Ole Miss 0at LSU

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.