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Happy Egg Bowl day!
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:34 am
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:34 am
Eat turkey, watch football
The Battle for the Golden Egg
Up until the 1926 meeting in Starkville, Ole Miss had only claimed five victories in the previous 23 football contests between the Rebels and Bulldogs. Thus, when Ole Miss claimed a 7-6 victory over then Mississippi A&M College, a celebration was due at Scott Field after that '26 contest.
Oddly, huge roars went up from both sides at the final whistle, not just from the Ole Miss stands. While the A&M players walked slowly off the field with heads bowed, wrote one newsman, the Maroon student section stood and sang the alma mater.
But on the east side, pandemonium. Well wishers rushed "like madmen onto the field," Webb Burke said in his 1957 interview. Some fans made a dash for the goal posts. Irate Aggie supporters took after the ambitious Ole Miss group with cane bottom chairs, and fights broke out. The mayhem continued until most of the chairs were splintered.
As explained by the Reveille, A&M yearbook, "A few chairs had to be sacrificed over the heads of these to persuade them that was entirely the wrong attitude."
As described in a story for the Commercial Appeal by Ben Hilbun, who one day would become president of the Starkville school, "The phantom of victory, that for thirteen years eluded Ole Miss, returned to the bearded Berserkers ... and they won over A&M, their traditional rivals, 7 to 6." Ole Miss students fought for the goal posts, he continued, "but were restrained."
Ole Miss fans couldn't believe their victory. Through all their 13 defeats since 1910 (they did not play in 1912, 1913 and 1914) they had only scored in three games, counted just 33 points to A&M's 327, an average of 25-3.
Injuries to players were expected. But not to spectators. Ole Miss and A&M students, shocked by the battle that erupted after the game, vowed that it must not happen again. The result was the Golden Egg, a trophy to cool the heat of battle, instituted the following season by joint agreement of the two student bodies.
The Battle for the Golden Egg
Up until the 1926 meeting in Starkville, Ole Miss had only claimed five victories in the previous 23 football contests between the Rebels and Bulldogs. Thus, when Ole Miss claimed a 7-6 victory over then Mississippi A&M College, a celebration was due at Scott Field after that '26 contest.
Oddly, huge roars went up from both sides at the final whistle, not just from the Ole Miss stands. While the A&M players walked slowly off the field with heads bowed, wrote one newsman, the Maroon student section stood and sang the alma mater.
But on the east side, pandemonium. Well wishers rushed "like madmen onto the field," Webb Burke said in his 1957 interview. Some fans made a dash for the goal posts. Irate Aggie supporters took after the ambitious Ole Miss group with cane bottom chairs, and fights broke out. The mayhem continued until most of the chairs were splintered.
As explained by the Reveille, A&M yearbook, "A few chairs had to be sacrificed over the heads of these to persuade them that was entirely the wrong attitude."
As described in a story for the Commercial Appeal by Ben Hilbun, who one day would become president of the Starkville school, "The phantom of victory, that for thirteen years eluded Ole Miss, returned to the bearded Berserkers ... and they won over A&M, their traditional rivals, 7 to 6." Ole Miss students fought for the goal posts, he continued, "but were restrained."
Ole Miss fans couldn't believe their victory. Through all their 13 defeats since 1910 (they did not play in 1912, 1913 and 1914) they had only scored in three games, counted just 33 points to A&M's 327, an average of 25-3.
Injuries to players were expected. But not to spectators. Ole Miss and A&M students, shocked by the battle that erupted after the game, vowed that it must not happen again. The result was the Golden Egg, a trophy to cool the heat of battle, instituted the following season by joint agreement of the two student bodies.
This post was edited on 11/23/23 at 9:44 am
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:54 am to Landmass
U 2 Landmass! I forget, what do the uninitiated call this day?
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:16 am to Landmass
I added the story to the OP
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:39 am to Landmass
OM gonna go in dry on State.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:41 am to Landmass
quote:Very cool story.
Landmass
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:15 am to Landmass
...The Bearded Berserkers...
If we're ever forced to give up the name Rebels, this would get my vote.
If we're ever forced to give up the name Rebels, this would get my vote.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:42 am to Landmass
Great grandfather played in the first two egg bowls. Got the W’s!
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:47 am to Landmass
Looking forward to this one
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:50 am to Landmass
As an Ole Miss alumni, who got into a raucous brawl as a student at the Immaculate Deflection game, I can verify that this rivalry is intense!
I’m too old for that kind of nonsense now, but it was fun back in the day!
We fought like men, nobody was seriously hurt, nobody recorded it and we all shook hands and shared whisky when it was over.
Go to Hell State!
I’m too old for that kind of nonsense now, but it was fun back in the day!
We fought like men, nobody was seriously hurt, nobody recorded it and we all shook hands and shared whisky when it was over.
Go to Hell State!
Posted on 11/23/23 at 11:37 am to Landmass
Good luck to both of ya'll and here's to hoping for an injury free game.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 11:57 am to Landmass
This is undoubtedly the most anticipated and enjoyable rivalry game for those of us who don't have a team playing in it. There is absolutely no telling what insanity will occur when this game is played every year. It's been the best part of an enjoyable Thanksgiving for me for nearly thirty years!
Best recent memories were Ole Miss player on all fours lifting his leg like a dog to piss on State (and drawing the penalty), and State's band trolling Ole Miss by playing "Baby Shark" at the beginning of the fourth quarter in the 2018 game.
The Iron Bowl ain't got nuthin' on this game for entertainment!
Best recent memories were Ole Miss player on all fours lifting his leg like a dog to piss on State (and drawing the penalty), and State's band trolling Ole Miss by playing "Baby Shark" at the beginning of the fourth quarter in the 2018 game.
The Iron Bowl ain't got nuthin' on this game for entertainment!
This post was edited on 11/23/23 at 11:59 am
Posted on 11/23/23 at 12:08 pm to Landmass
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