why is the game between ole miss and mississippi state called the egg bowl
Egg Bowl
To prevent such events in the future , students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '' , a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927 . The trophy is a large football - shaped brass piece mounted to a wooden base and traditionally symbolizes supremacy in college football in the state of Mississippi for the year . The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby ; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football . The awarding of the `` Golden Egg '' was instituted in 1927 by joint agreement between the two schools ' student bodies . In the event of a tie ( before overtime was instituted in Division - I college football in 1996 ) the school that won the game the previous year kept the trophy for the first half of the new year and then the trophy was sent to the other school for the second half of the new year . The game was given the nickname `` Egg Bowl '' by Clarion - Ledger sportswriter Tom Patterson in 1979 . 
To prevent such events in the future , students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '' , a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927 . The trophy is a large football - shaped brass piece mounted to a wooden base and traditionally symbolizes supremacy in college football in the state of Mississippi for the year . The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby ; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football . The awarding of the `` Golden Egg '' was instituted in 1927 by joint agreement between the two schools ' student bodies . In the event of a tie ( before overtime was instituted in Division - I college football in 1996 ) the school that won the game the previous year kept the trophy for the first half of the new year and then the trophy was sent to the other school for the second half of the new year . The game was given the nickname `` Egg Bowl '' by Clarion - Ledger sportswriter Tom Patterson in 1979 .
The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football.  Students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '', a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927.
To prevent such events in the future , students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '' , a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927 . The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby ; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football .
The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football. Students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '', a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927. The game was given the nickname `` Egg Bowl '' by Clarion - Ledger sportswriter Tom Patterson in 1979 .
To prevent such events in the future , students of the two schools created the `` Golden Egg '' , a large trophy which has been awarded to the winning team each year since 1927 . The footballs used in American football in the 1920s were considerably more ovoid and blunter than those in use today and similar to the balls still used in rugby ; the trophy thus , to modern eyes , more resembles an egg than a football . The game was given the nickname `` Egg Bowl '' by Clarion - Ledger sportswriter Tom Patterson in 1979 .