While MSU claims state dominance they have not won a football, basketball, or baseball game/series in Oxford since 2011. (outscored 310-244)
— Kyle Cole (@ColeMissSports) January 25, 2014
Well of course the Rebs ate that one up. Just put together what looks like a 3-year span but only includes one football game and one baseball series while splitting three home and homes in basketball and you’ve got a nice little stat.
How about we take some nice round numbers and see who has dominated who.
Last 10 Seasons
Football: MSU leads 6-4
- Ole Miss leads 4-1 in Oxford
- MSU leads 5-0 in Starkville
Basketball: MSU leads 13-7
- Ole Miss leads 6-4 in Oxford
- MSU leads 9-1 in Starkville
Baseball: Ole Miss leads 26-16
- Ole Miss leads 9-6 in Oxford
- Ole Miss leads 10-5 in Starkville
- Ole Miss leads 6-4 in Governor’s Cup
- Tied 1-1 in SEC Tournament
Football: MSU leads 11-9
- Ole Miss leads 6-4 in Oxford
- MSU leads 7-3 in Starkville
Basketball: MSU leads 27-14
- Ole Miss 12-8 in Oxford
- MSU leads 18-2 in Starkville
- MSU leads 1-0 in SEC Tournament
Baseball: MSU leads 48-39
- MSU leads 18-12 in Oxford
- Tied 15-15 in Starkville
- Ole Miss leads 11-9 in Governor’s Cup
- MSU leads 6-1 in SEC Tournament
I think it’s pretty clear which athletic program has been better in the three major sports over the last 20 years. Here are the accomplishments:
- Bowl games: Ole Miss leads 10-9
- Winning seasons: Ole Miss leads 12-10
- SEC West championships: MSU leads 1-0
- NCAA Tournament appearances: MSU leads 8-6
- Sweet 16 appearances: MSU leads 2-1
- Final Four appearances: MSU leads 1-0
- SEC regular season championships: MSU leads 1-0
- SEC Tournament championships: MSU leads 3-1
- Regional appearances: MSU leads 14-13
- College World Series appearances: MSU leads 4-0
- SEC regular season championships: Ole Miss leads 1-0
- SEC Tournament championships: MSU leads 3-1
We could go back further, and if we did Ole Miss would catch up in football to lead 16-14 after 30 years. In basketball MSU would only gain with their SEC championship in 1991, and the Bulldogs are 27-3 vs. Ole Miss at the Hump in that time. In baseball it’s not even close as MSU’s golden era was 1984-1993 while OM was toiling in mediocrity not making a Regional once.
But hey, Ole Miss did win a lot more parties during this time period. They needed something to drown their sorrows.