| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | October 28, 1901 Mississippi A&M, 17–0 |
| Latest meeting | November 29, 2024 #14 Ole Miss, 26–14 |
| Next meeting | November 29, 2025, in Starkville, MS |
| Trophy | The Golden Egg (1927–present) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 121 |
| All-time series | Ole Miss leads, 66–46–6[1] |
| Largest victory | Mississippi State, 65–0 (1915) |
| Longest win streak | Mississippi State, 13 (1911–1925) |
| Current win streak | Ole Miss, 2 (2023–present) |
The Egg Bowl (traditionally named the “Battle for the Golden Egg”) is the name given to the Mississippi State–Ole Miss football rivalry.[2] It is an American college football rivalry game played annually between Southeastern Conference members Mississippi State University and Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi).[2][3][4]
The teams first played each other in 1901. Since 1927 the winning squad has been awarded possession of The Golden Egg trophy. The game has been played every year since 1944, making it the tenth longest uninterrupted series in the United States. Ole Miss leads the series 66–46–6 through the 2024 season.[5]
The game is an example of the intrastate sports rivalries between two public universities, one often bearing the state's name alone, and the other often being a land-grant university named a "State University". Like most such rivalries, it is contested at the end of the regular season, in this case during the Thanksgiving weekend. The Egg Bowl has been played on Thanksgiving 23 times, including from 1998 to 2003, in 2013, and from 2017 to 2023.[6] The game now alternates between the two respective campuses. Contests in odd-numbered years are played in Starkville, Mississippi at Miss St, and even-numbered years in Oxford, Mississippi at Ole Miss.
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- ^ "University of Mississippi Official Athletic Site – Football". Archived from the original on December 29, 2010.
- ^ "The Egg Bowl – The Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State Rivalry". The Egg Bowl.
- ^ "Winsipedia – Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Ole Miss Rebels football series history". Winsipedia.
- ^ "Egg Bowl moved back to Thanksgiving night". ESPN.com. April 10, 2013.