The Egg Bowl's namesake comes from the trophy Ole Miss and Mississippi State play each other for, "The Golden Egg." In 1979, Tom Patterson of "The Clarion-Ledger" gave the game its official name.

While the Egg Bowl isn't always played close, it is nearly always chippy. It will fall on Black Friday in 2024 instead of on Thanksgiving, but that undoubtedly won't have any effect on the ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Ole Miss has a lot to be thankful for. The No. 8 Rebels beat rival Mississippi State 31-21 in the 118th matchup in the Egg Bowl rivalry Thursday night.

The Egg Bowl usually benefits from being played in a standalone TV window. The 2024 Egg Bowl, which Ole Miss won 26-14 in Oxford, went through a similar scheduling process.

There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?

Conference title and playoff hopes are just part of what's on the line during college football's rivalry weekend. There's the Golden Egg in Mississippi. The Territorial Cup in Arizona. The Old ...

Four players were ejected from the Egg Bowl between Mississippi and No. 22 Mississippi State after a fight at the end of the third quarter. Mississippi State won the game, 35-3.

Patterson’s special Egg Bowl section ended up winning a first place award. Obviously, the game between the rivals is still called the Egg Bowl more than 30 years later.

On paper, the 1997 Egg Bowl was a story of two rivals fighting for one bowl spot. Except it morphed into a full-blown brawl and eventually ended up as one of the most dramatic games in the history ...