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The Egg Bowl

Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss

119 of their 122 meetings are on file: they first met in 1901, and the earliest on file is 1902; officially, Ole Miss leads 67–⁠46–⁠6; as played, 67–⁠47–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Ole Miss 6–⁠4, and Ole Miss has won the last 3. The winner takes home the Golden Egg Trophy, played for since 1927. Ole Miss has held it since the 2023 game. The NCAA vacated Mississippi State’s win (2018) and Ole Miss’s two wins (2012 and 2014); they don’t count officially. Mississippi State forfeited two games (1976 and 1977). This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2027 at Mississippi State; 2028 at Ole Miss; 2029 at Mississippi State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Ole Miss leads 67–⁠46–⁠6
Mississippi State wins on file
47
Ole Miss wins on file
67
Ties
5
Earliest on file
1902 first met 1901
Longest streak
13 Mississippi State
Current streak
3 Ole Miss
Last 10 meetings
Ole Miss 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠4
1910s7–⁠1
1920s6–⁠3–⁠1
1930s3–⁠7
1940s4–⁠5
1950s0–⁠8–⁠2
1960s1–⁠7–⁠2
1970s4–⁠6
1980s3–⁠7
1990s6–⁠4
2000s4–⁠6
2010s6–⁠4
2020s1–⁠5
Both ranked
6 meetings: Mississippi State 2, Ole Miss 3
Average margin
15.4 points; 42 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
30–⁠25–⁠3 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Ole Miss
40–⁠14–⁠2 Ole Miss’s record at home
Neutral sites
3–⁠2 Mississippi State first
Shutouts
30

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

Golden Egg Trophy

Played for since
1927
Held by
Ole Miss since the 2023 game
Games for it on file
98 Ole Miss 61, Mississippi State 32, 5 tied

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since 1927 (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 Golden Egg Trophy.

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1915: Mississippi State 65, Ole Miss 0by 65 points
  2. Ole Miss’s biggest win1971: Ole Miss 48, Mississippi State 0by 48 points
  3. Upset1945: Ole Miss 7, Mississippi State 6Ole Miss had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1970: Mississippi State 19, Ole Miss 14Mississippi State had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1944: Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 8Ole Miss had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1957: Mississippi State 7, Ole Miss 7 (tie)No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 13 Mississippi State
  7. Ranked showdown2014: Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 17No. 4 Mississippi State at No. 18 Ole Miss
  8. Ranked showdown1940: Mississippi State 19, Ole Miss 0No. 11 Ole Miss at No. 16 Mississippi State

Coach against coach

YearsMississippi StateSeriesOle Miss
1909–⁠1911William Chadwick1–⁠2N.P. Stauffer
1917–⁠1918Sid Robinson3–⁠0Dudy Noble
1927–⁠1929J.W. Hancock0–⁠2–⁠1Homer Hazel
1935–⁠1937Ralph Sasse2–⁠1Ed Walker
1939–⁠1945Allyn McKeen4–⁠2Harry Mehre
1949–⁠1951Slick Morton0–⁠3John Vaught
1956–⁠1961Wade Walker0–⁠5–⁠1John Vaught
1962–⁠1966Paul Davis1–⁠3–⁠1John Vaught
1967–⁠1970Charles Shira1–⁠2–⁠1John Vaught
1974–⁠1977Bob Tyler3–⁠1Ken Cooper
1979–⁠1982Emory Bellard2–⁠2Steve Sloan
1983–⁠1985Emory Bellard0–⁠3Billy Brewer
1986–⁠1990Rockey Felker1–⁠4Billy Brewer
1991–⁠1993Jackie Sherrill2–⁠1Billy Brewer
1995–⁠1998Jackie Sherrill2–⁠2Tommy Tuberville
1999–⁠2003Jackie Sherrill2–⁠3David Cutcliffe
2005–⁠2007Sylvester Croom2–⁠1Ed Orgeron
2009–⁠2011Dan Mullen3–⁠0Houston Nutt
2012–⁠2016Dan Mullen2–⁠3Hugh Freeze
2020–⁠2022Mike Leach1–⁠2Lane Kiffin

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Mississippi State’s side (Chadwick 1–⁠2 against Stauffer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Ole Miss, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Will Rogers Mississippi State45 of 61, 440 yards, 3 TD2020 Passing
Trinidad Chambliss Ole Miss23 of 34, 359 yards, 4 TD2025 Passing
Nick Fitzgerald Mississippi State14 carries, 258 yards, 2 TD2016 Rushing
Jerious Norwood Mississippi State34 carries, 204 yards, 3 TD2005 Rushing
Donte Moncrief Ole Miss7 catches, 173 yards, 3 TD2012 Receiving

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: Generals Win Title.

    1934 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 3, 1934

  • The Evening star's story of the 1935 game: MISSISSIPPI TRlUMPHS Hapes' 8-Yard Run Marks 14-6 Win Over State Eleven.

    1935 · Evening star, Dec 1, 1935

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1940 game: [E3}!3|]||

    1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 1940

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1941 game: East End Cou1t houguraL At NeO Anderson Gym 7ongh IDUQUESNE AGAIN HAS WINNER, AND IS READY FOR ALL COMERS DonelIi Drops One Game In Three Years

    1941 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Dec 1, 1941

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1944 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1944 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 27, 1944

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

2025ABC5.2 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 27, 2026Mississippi State at Ole Miss upcomingat Ole Miss
Nov 28, 20256Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 19at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 202415Ole Miss 26, Mississippi State 14at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 202312Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 2022Mississippi State 24, 20Ole Miss 22at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 20218Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 21at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 2020Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 24at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 2019Mississippi State 21, Ole Miss 20at Mississippi State
Nov 22, 201822Mississippi State 35, Ole Miss 3vacatedat Ole Miss
Nov 23, 2017Ole Miss 31, 16Mississippi State 28at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 2016Mississippi State 55, Ole Miss 20at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 201519Ole Miss 38, 23Mississippi State 27at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 201418Ole Miss 31, 4Mississippi State 17vacatedat Ole Miss
Nov 28, 2013Mississippi State 17, Ole Miss 10at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 2012Ole Miss 41, 25Mississippi State 24vacatedat Ole Miss
Nov 26, 2011Mississippi State 31, Ole Miss 3at Mississippi State
Nov 27, 201025Mississippi State 31, Ole Miss 23at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 2009Mississippi State 41, 20Ole Miss 27at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 200825Ole Miss 45, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 2007Mississippi State 17, Ole Miss 14at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 2006Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 17at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 2005Mississippi State 35, Ole Miss 14at Mississippi State
Nov 27, 2004Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 3at Ole Miss
Nov 27, 200317Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 2002Ole Miss 24, Mississippi State 12at Ole Miss
Nov 22, 2001Mississippi State 36, Ole Miss 28at Mississippi State
Nov 23, 2000Ole Miss 45, 23Mississippi State 30at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 199918Mississippi State 23, 23Ole Miss 20at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 199825Mississippi State 28, Ole Miss 6at Ole Miss
Nov 29, 1997Ole Miss 15, 22Mississippi State 14at Mississippi State
Nov 30, 1996Mississippi State 17, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 1995Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 10at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 199419Mississippi State 21, Ole Miss 17at Ole Miss
Nov 27, 1993Mississippi State 20, Ole Miss 13at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 199224Ole Miss 17, 16Mississippi State 10at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 1991Mississippi State 24, Ole Miss 9at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 199021Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 9at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 1989Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 11at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 1988Ole Miss 33, Mississippi State 6at Ole Miss
Nov 21, 1987Mississippi State 30, Ole Miss 20at Mississippi State
Nov 22, 1986Ole Miss 24, Mississippi State 3at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 1985Ole Miss 45, Mississippi State 27at Ole Miss
Nov 24, 1984Ole Miss 24, Mississippi State 3at Ole Miss
Nov 19, 1983Ole Miss 24, Mississippi State 23at Ole Miss
Nov 20, 1982Mississippi State 27, Ole Miss 10at Mississippi State
Nov 21, 1981Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 17at Ole Miss
Nov 22, 198017Mississippi State 19, Ole Miss 14at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 1979Ole Miss 14, Mississippi State 9at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 1978Ole Miss 27, Mississippi State 7at Ole Miss
Nov 19, 1977Mississippi State 18, Ole Miss 14forfeitedNeutral site
Nov 20, 1976Mississippi State 28, Ole Miss 11forfeitedNeutral site
Nov 22, 1975Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 7Neutral site
Nov 23, 1974Mississippi State 31, Ole Miss 13Neutral site
Nov 24, 1973Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 10Neutral site
Nov 25, 1972Ole Miss 51, Mississippi State 14at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 197118Ole Miss 48, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 1970Mississippi State 19, 10Ole Miss 14at Ole Miss
Nov 27, 196914Ole Miss 48, Mississippi State 22at Mississippi State
Nov 30, 1968Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 17at Ole Miss
Dec 2, 1967Ole Miss 10, Mississippi State 3at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 1966Ole Miss 24, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 27, 1965Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Dec 5, 1964Mississippi State 20, Ole Miss 17at Ole Miss
Nov 30, 1963Mississippi State 10, 3Ole Miss 10at Mississippi State
Dec 1, 19623Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 6at Ole Miss
Dec 2, 19612Ole Miss 37, Mississippi State 7at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 19603Ole Miss 35, Mississippi State 9at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 19592Ole Miss 42, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 195813Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 30, 195713Mississippi State 7, 7Ole Miss 7at Mississippi State
Dec 1, 1956Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 7at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 195515Ole Miss 26, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 27, 19547Ole Miss 14, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 1953Mississippi State 7, Ole Miss 7at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 19526Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 14at Ole Miss
Dec 1, 1951Ole Miss 49, Mississippi State 7at Mississippi State
Dec 2, 1950Ole Miss 27, Mississippi State 20at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 1949Ole Miss 26, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 27, 194816Ole Miss 34, Mississippi State 7at Ole Miss
Nov 29, 194715Ole Miss 33, Mississippi State 14at Mississippi State
Nov 23, 1946Mississippi State 20, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 24, 1945Ole Miss 7, 20Mississippi State 6at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 1944Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 8at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 194216Mississippi State 34, Ole Miss 13at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 1941Mississippi State 6, 14Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 23, 194016Mississippi State 19, 11Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 1939Mississippi State 18, Ole Miss 6at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 1938Ole Miss 19, Mississippi State 6at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 1937Mississippi State 9, Ole Miss 7at Ole Miss
Nov 21, 1936Mississippi State 26, Ole Miss 6at Mississippi State
Nov 30, 1935Ole Miss 14, Mississippi State 6at Ole Miss
Dec 1, 1934Ole Miss 7, Mississippi State 3at Ole Miss
Dec 2, 1933Ole Miss 31, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 24, 1932Ole Miss 13, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 26, 1931Ole Miss 25, Mississippi State 14at Ole Miss
Nov 27, 1930Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 1929Ole Miss 7, Mississippi State 7at Ole Miss
Nov 29, 1928Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 19at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 1927Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 12at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 1926Ole Miss 7, Mississippi State 6at Mississippi State
Oct 24, 1925Mississippi State 6, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Oct 18, 1924Mississippi State 20, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Oct 20, 1923Mississippi State 13, Ole Miss 6at Mississippi State
Oct 21, 1922Mississippi State 19, Ole Miss 13at Mississippi State
Oct 29, 1921Mississippi State 21, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 6, 1920Mississippi State 20, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1919Mississippi State 33, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Dec 7, 1918Mississippi State 13, Ole Miss 0at Ole Miss
Nov 28, 1918Mississippi State 34, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 3, 1917Mississippi State 41, Ole Miss 14at Mississippi State
Nov 3, 1916Mississippi State 36, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 6, 1915Mississippi State 65, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 30, 1911Mississippi State 6, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 24, 1910Ole Miss 30, Mississippi State 0at Ole Miss
Nov 25, 1909Ole Miss 9, Mississippi State 5at Ole Miss
Nov 26, 1908Mississippi State 44, Ole Miss 6at Mississippi State
Nov 28, 1907Mississippi State 15, Ole Miss 0at Mississippi State
Nov 29, 1906Ole Miss 29, Mississippi State 5at Ole Miss
Oct 22, 1904Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 5at Ole Miss
Oct 25, 1902Ole Miss 21, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State

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