Egg Bowl series notes
Official series record is red and blue at 61-43-6

The "on the field" record is 59-45-6 in favor of the Rebs

The game has been played every season since 1944

Ole Miss leads 55-26-5 since the Golden Egg was first awarded in 1927

Ole Miss is 22-11-2 in Oxford

Ole Miss is 20-13-3 in Starkville

Mississippi State leads at neutral sites with an 18-17 record

The in-state rivalry has been played in seven locations, listed chronogically:
1) Starkville (1901)
2) Columbus (1902)
3) Jackson (1906)
4) Tupelo (1915)
5) Oxford (1918)
6) Clarksdale (1919)
7) Greenwood (1921)

The game has been played in Jackson twenty nine times, including eighteen straight contests from 1973 to 1990.

Ole Miss holds a 16-13 series lead in games played in Jackson and won 12 of the 18 contests played consecutively in our state's capitol from 1973 to 1990

The Egg Bowl was, surprisingly enough, played twice in 1918, first in Starkville in November and then in Oxford in December. Mississippi State won both contests, shutting out Ole Miss twice to the tune of 47-0

Mississippi State leads the series 12-10 since the SEC originally expanded in 1992

The series is tied at 7-7 since 2000

Decade-by-decade "champions:"
1) 1900s (six games) - Ole Miss at 4-2
2) 1910s (eight games) - Mississippi State at 7-1
3) 1920s (nine games) - Mississippi State at 5-3-1
4) 1930s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 7-3
5) 1940s (nine games) - Ole Miss at 5-4
6) 1950s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 8-0-2
7) 1960s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 7-1-2
8) 1970s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 6-4
9) 1980s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 7-3
10) 1990s (ten games) - Mississippi State at 4-6
11) 2000s (ten games) - Ole Miss at 6-4
12) 2010s (four games) - Mississippi State at 3-1