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The Ten Best Egg Bowls of My Life

By Thomas K. Stark

Nov 26, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback Nick Fitzgerald (7) celebrates after the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi State won 55-20 Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback Nick Fitzgerald (7) celebrates after the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi State won 55-20 Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former Mississippi State head coach Jackie Sherrill saw his 8-0 Bulldogs drop a 19-7 decision to Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1999. Courtesy of the Montgomery advertiser
Former Mississippi State head coach Jackie Sherrill saw his 8-0 Bulldogs drop a 19-7 decision to Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1999. Courtesy of the Montgomery advertiser /

9. 1991 – MSU 24, Ole Miss 9 (Starkville)

In Jackie Sherrill’s first Egg Bowl, the Bulldogs earned a Liberty Bowl bid win a dominating performance over the Rebels. I remember paying $29.95 for the pay per view on this game, which was a lot of money to me back then. But it was well worth it.

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*8. 1974 – MSU 31, Ole Miss 13 (Jackson)

The Sun Bowl bound Bulldogs, led by QB Rockey Felker and running backs Walter Packer and Terry Vitrano, slashed and gashed the Rebel defense with their vaunted Veer offense and rolled to an easy win to cap off an 8-3 regular season.  The Bulldogs went on to defeat North Carolina in the 1974 Sun Bowl.

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