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*2. 1999: – MSU 23, Ole Miss 20  (Starkville)

Played on a damp and cold Thanksgiving night before a national ESPN TV audience, Ole Miss entered the fourth quarter with a commanding 20-6 lead.  But this MSU team had a knack for come-from-behind wins.  State scored two touchdowns in that fourth quarter, the second one with just seconds left in the game play to it at 20. Ole Miss Coach David Cutcliffe chose not to play for overtime, opting instead to have QB Romero Miller throw deep. But the pass was broken up and the ball ricocheted off Robert Bean’s foot into the hands of Eugene Clinton, who raced down the sidelines to the Ole Miss 27 yard line.  With just eight seconds to play, MSU’s Scott Westerfield came on and kicked a game winning 44 yard field goal.