The Egg Bowl is an annual football game played between Ole Miss and Mississippi State. It is called the Egg Bowl because the trophy the teams play for resembles a golden egg.
This year's game is the 120th in the series and will be played at 6:30 p.m. CT on Thanksgiving night and aired on ESPN.
The trophy is a regulation-sized gold-platted football designed by the Iota Sigma honorary activities fraternity in Ole Miss. From 1927-78 both teams competed in a game that was called the battle for the Golden Egg.
But in 1979, it got its official name, when Tom Patterson of The Clarion-Ledger wrote about the game, naming it the Egg Bowl. Mississippi State and Ole Miss were out of Bowl contention and were playing their last game of the season. (Sportskeeda 11/23/23) Why is it called the Egg Bowl in Mississippi? (sportskeeda.com)
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