Magnolia Bowl

Magnolia Bowl
Teams	LSU Tigers Ole Miss Rebels
Originated	1894
Series	LSU leads 57-39-4
Largest Margin of Victory	LSU 52, Ole Miss 3 November 19, 2011
Highest Scoring Game	LSU 43, Ole Miss 36 November 20, 2010
Most Recent Game	LSU 52, Ole Miss 3 November 19, 2011
Current Streak	LSU 2

The LSU–Ole Miss football rivalry, more recently renamed the Magnolia Bowl,^[1] is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Ole Miss Rebels football team of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). The Tigers and the Rebels first met in 1894, and have been regular opponents in Southeastern Conference (SEC), meeting annually since 1945. The rivalry was at its height during the 1950s and 1960s, when both teams were highly ranked and during which time both teams claimed a national championship. The rivalry died down from the 1970s to the 1990, owing Ole Miss not returning to conference or national prominence since the 1970s and because LSU has seen new rivalries emerge when the SEC split into two divisions 1992, most notably Auburn, Alabama, and Florida. Even though the rivalry has not attracted the same national attention in recent years, it still stirs up passion in both Oxford and Baton Rouge.

In 2008, the student bodies of both schools elected to christen the yearly contest the "Magnolia Bowl", the magnolia flower being the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi, and award a trophy to the winner. Ole Miss defeated LSU 31-13 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to become the first winner of the new trophy.

LSU leads the all time series, 57-39-4. The longest win streak is 8, held by LSU with victories from 1928 to 1937 (The teams did not meet in 1932 or 1935). The next longest winning streak is 6, a total reached by both Ole Miss and LSU. The Tigers won from 2002 to 2007, while the Rebels were able to defeat LSU from 1952 to 1957. It is the second most played rivalry for both teams. The 2011 edition in Oxford was the 100th meeting between the two schools. It was also the most lopsided game in series history, as top-ranked LSU defeated Ole Miss and coach Houston Nutt 52-3.

Game results

Mississippi victories are shaded ██ blue. LSU victories shaded in ██ purple. Ties shaded white.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
December 3, 1894	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	26	LSU	6	Ole Miss 1-0
November 13, 1896	Vicksburg	LSU	12	Mississippi	4	Tied 1-1
November 3, 1899	Meridian	Mississippi	11	LSU	0	Ole Miss 2-1
November 7, 1901	Baton Rouge	LSU	46	Mississippi	0	Tied 2-2
November 8, 1902	New Orleans	LSU	6	Mississippi	0	LSU 3-2
November 21, 1903	New Orleans	Mississippi	11	LSU	0	Tied 3-3
November 5, 1904	Baton Rouge	LSU	5	Mississippi	0	LSU 4-3
October 20, 1906	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	9	LSU	0	Tied 4-4
November 16, 1907	Jackson	LSU	23	Mississippi	0	LSU 5-4
October 9, 1909	Baton Rouge	LSU	10	Mississippi	0	LSU 6-4
October 19, 1912	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	10	LSU	7	LSU 6-5
October 17, 1914	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	21	LSU	0	Tied 6-6
October 15, 1915	Oxford	LSU	28	Mississippi	0	LSU 7-6
November 18, 1916	Baton Rouge	LSU	41	Mississippi	0	LSU 8-6
October 13, 1917	Oxford	LSU	52	Mississippi	7	LSU 9-6
October 18, 1919	Baton Rouge	LSU	13	Mississippi	0	LSU 10-6
November 12, 1921	Baton Rouge	LSU	21	Mississippi	0	LSU 11-6
November 13, 1926	Baton Rouge	LSU	3	Mississippi	0	LSU 12-6
November 5, 1927	Oxford	Mississippi	12	LSU	7	LSU 12-7
November 10, 1928	Baton Rouge	LSU	19	Mississippi	6	LSU 13-7
November 16, 1929	Baton Rouge	LSU	13	Mississippi	6	LSU 14-7
November 8, 1930	Baton Rouge	LSU	6	Mississippi	0	LSU 15-7
November 13, 1931	Jackson	LSU	26	Mississippi	3	LSU 16-7
November 8, 1933	Baton Rouge	LSU	31	Mississippi	0	LSU 17-7
November 17, 1934	Jackson	LSU	14	Mississippi	0	LSU 18-7
October 17, 1936	Baton Rouge	LSU	13	Mississippi	0	LSU 19-7
September 24, 1937	Baton Rouge	LSU	13	Mississippi	7	LSU 20-7
September 24, 1938	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	20	LSU	7	LSU 20-8
September 30, 1939	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	14	LSU	7	LSU 20-9
September 28, 1940	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	19	LSU	6	LSU 20-10
November 8, 1941	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	13	LSU	12	LSU 20-11
October 17, 1942	Baton Rouge	LSU	21	Mississippi	7	LSU 21-11
November 3, 1945	Baton Rouge	LSU	32	Mississippi	13	LSU 22-11
November 13, 1946	Baton Rouge	LSU	34	Mississippi	21	LSU 23-11
November 1, 1947	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	20	LSU	18	LSU 23-12
October 30, 1948	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	49	LSU	19	LSU 23-13
October 10, 1949	Baton Rouge	LSU	34	Mississippi	7	LSU 24-13
November 4, 1950	Baton Rouge	LSU	40	Mississippi	14	LSU 25-13
November 3, 1951	Baton Rouge	LSU	6	Mississippi	6	LSU 25-13-1
November 1, 1952	Oxford	Mississippi	28	LSU	0	LSU 25-14-1
October 31, 1953	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	27	LSU	16	LSU 25-15-1
October 30, 1954	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	21	LSU	6	LSU 25-16-1
October 29, 1955	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	29	LSU	26	LSU 25-17-1
November 3, 1956	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	46	LSU	17	LSU 25-18-1
November 9, 1957	Oxford	Mississippi	14	LSU	12	LSU 25-19-1
November 1, 1958	Baton Rouge	LSU	14	Mississippi	0	LSU 26-19-1
October 31, 1959	Baton Rouge	LSU	7	Mississippi	3	LSU 27-19-1
January 1, 1960	New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	Mississippi	21	LSU	0	LSU 27-20-1
October 29, 1960	Oxford	Mississippi	6	LSU	6	LSU 27-20-2
November 4, 1961	Baton Rouge	LSU	10	Mississippi	7	LSU 28-20-2
November 3, 1962	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	15	LSU	7	LSU 28-21-2
November 2, 1963	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	37	LSU	3	LSU 28-22-2
October 31, 1964	Baton Rouge	LSU	11	Mississippi	10	LSU 29-22-2
October 30, 1965	Jackson	Mississippi	23	LSU	0	LSU 29-23-2
October 29, 1966	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	17	LSU	0	LSU 29-24-2
November 29, 1967	Jackson	Mississippi	13	LSU	13	LSU 29-24-3
November 2, 1968	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	27	LSU	24	LSU 29-25-3
November 1, 1969	Jackson	Mississippi	26	LSU	23	LSU 29-26-3
December 5, 1970	Baton Rouge	LSU	61	Mississippi	17	LSU 30-26-3
October 30, 1971	Jackson	Mississippi	24	LSU	22	LSU 30-27-3
November 4, 1972	Baton Rouge	LSU	17	Mississippi	16	LSU 31-27-3
November 3, 1973	Jackson	LSU	51	Mississippi	14	LSU 32-27-3
November 2, 1974	Baton Rouge	LSU	24	Mississippi	0	LSU 33-27-3
November 1, 1975	Jackson	Mississippi	24	LSU	13	LSU 33-28-3
October 30, 1976	Baton Rouge	LSU	45	Mississippi	0	LSU 34-28-3
October 29, 1977	Jackson	LSU	28	Mississippi	21	LSU 35-28-3
November 4, 1978	Baton Rouge	LSU	30	Mississippi	8	LSU 36-28-3
November 3, 1979	Jackson	LSU	28	Mississippi	24	LSU 37-28-3
November 1, 1980	Baton Rouge	LSU	38	LSU	16	LSU 38-28-3
October 31, 1981	Jackson	Mississippi	27	LSU	27	LSU 38-28-4
October 30, 1982	Baton Rouge	LSU	45	Mississippi	8	LSU 39-28-4
October 29, 1983	Jackson	Mississippi	27	LSU	24	LSU 39-29-4
November 3, 1984	Baton Rouge	LSU	32	Mississippi	29	LSU 40-29-4
November 2, 1985	Jackson	LSU	14	Mississippi	0	LSU 41-29-4
November 1, 1986	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	21	LSU	19	LSU 41-30-4
October 31, 1987	Jackson	LSU	42	Mississippi	13	LSU 42-30-4
October 29, 1988	Baton Rouge	LSU	31	Mississippi	20	LSU 43-30-4
November 4, 1989	Oxford	LSU	35	Mississippi	30	LSU 44-30-4
November 3, 1990	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	19	LSU	10	LSU 44-31-4
November 2, 1991	Jackson	LSU	25	Mississippi	22	LSU 45-31-4
October 31, 1992	Jackson	Mississippi	32	LSU	0	LSU 45-32-4
October 30, 1993	Baton Rouge	LSU	19	Mississippi	17	LSU 46-32-4
October 29, 1994	Oxford	Mississippi	34	LSU	21	LSU 46-33-4
November 11, 1995	Baton Rouge	LSU	38	Mississippi	9	LSU 47-33-4
November 16, 1996	Oxford	LSU	39	Mississippi	7	LSU 48-33-4
November 26, 1997	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	36	LSU	21	LSU 48-34-4
October 31, 1998	Oxford	Mississippi	37	LSU	31	LSU 48-35-4
October 30, 1999	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	42	LSU	23	LSU 48-36-4
November 11, 2000	Oxford	LSU	20	Mississippi	9	LSU 49-36-4
October 27, 2001	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	35	LSU	24	LSU 49-37-4
November 23, 2002	Baton Rouge	LSU	14	Mississippi	13	LSU 50-37-4
November 22, 2003	Oxford	LSU	17	Mississippi	14	LSU 51-37-4
November 20, 2004	Baton Rouge	LSU	27	Mississippi	24	LSU 52-37-4
November 19, 2005	Oxford	LSU	40	Mississippi	7	LSU 53-37-4
November 18, 2006	Baton Rouge	LSU	23	Mississippi	20	LSU 54-37-4
November 17, 2007	Oxford	LSU	41	Mississippi	24	LSU 55-37-4
November 22, 2008	Baton Rouge	Mississippi	31	LSU	13	LSU 55-38-4
November 21, 2009	Oxford	Mississippi	25	LSU	23	LSU 55-39-4
November 20, 2010	Baton Rouge	LSU	43	Mississippi	36	LSU 56-39-4
November 19, 2011	Oxford	LSU	52	Mississippi	3	LSU 57-39-4

Notable games

• 1959 - Billy Cannon's Halloween Night Run—Late in the game between #1 LSU and #3 Ole Miss, LSU was trailing 3-0. Then Billy Cannon returned a punt 89 yards for a TD, breaking seven tackles. The Rebels then drove down the field but were stopped on the LSU 1 yard line as the game ended resulting in a 7-3 victory for LSU in Tiger Stadium. The Rebels would get revenge however in the Sugar Bowl by whipping the Bayou Bengals 21-0 and were declared national champions by several polls.

• 1960 - LSU fought Ole Miss to a 6-6 tie which was the Johnny Rebs only blemish (9-0-1) en route to a 1960 National Title and were awarded the Grantland Rice trophy by the Football Writers Association of America.

• 1972 - Jones to Davis;. "The Night The Clock Stopped" -- #6 LSU survived an upset bid from unranked Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium by winning the game on a TD pass from QB Bert Jones to RB Brad Davis. Ole Miss fans say the 1972 contest featured a few seconds of free football. The Tigers trailed the Rebels 16-10 with four seconds to play and the ball on the Ole Miss ten yard line. After a short incompletion by Jones to Jimmy LeDoux at the goal line, the game clock still showed one second remaining. The Tigers used the precious second to win the game on the "last play," 17-16. The home-clock advantage inspired a sign at the Louisiana state line reading, "You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back four seconds."

• 1989 - The 1989 contest in Oxford proved to have a much different flavor than most college football games. It was played on Nov. 4, one week removed from Ole Miss's Chucky Mullins career-ending injury. The student body passed buckets around the stadium to a then record crowd of 42,700 at Vaught-Hemingway stadium. In excess of $150,000 dollars was raised for the Mullins fund. A very emotional and passionate crowd watched as the Rebels nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback of 21 points against the Tigers, only to have the ball intercepted in the end zone in the waning seconds. LSU prevailed 35-30

• 1997 - The Rebels upset then #7 LSU 36-21 one week after the Tigers shocked the then top-ranked Florida Gators. It would spark a three game winning streak against the Tigers, including a thrilling overtime victory in 1998 (37-31).

• 2003 - Ole Miss entered the game an undefeated 6-0 in SEC conference play while LSU entered the game with only a loss to Florida. The winner of this game would represent the SEC West in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta. If Ole Miss won, they would be the outright SEC West champion and would go to Atlanta. If LSU won, both teams would be SEC West co-champions but LSU would go to Atlanta. LSU won the game, which was played before the then all-time record crowd to ever watch an on-campus football game in Mississippi. LSU then went on to win both the Southeastern Conference championship in Atlanta and the BCS national championship.

• 2008 - Ole Miss beat #18 LSU 31-13 in Baton Rouge to snap a 6-game losing streak to LSU and to win the first ever Magnolia Bowl trophy.

• 2009 - With 9 seconds remaining, down by 2 (25-23) on 4th and 26, LSU completes a 40-yard pass to the Ole Miss 6, and left one second on the clock. However, with no timeouts, they simply did not have enough time to execute any sort of play as time expired before LSU could even get off a snap. Oddly enough, LSU was attempting to spike the ball. Ole Miss prevailed for their first win at home against LSU since 1998(see 1997).

References

LSU Tigers football Venues Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Bowls & rivalries Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Battle for the Rag (Tulane) Florida Magnolia Bowl (Ole Miss) Culture & lore Mike the Tiger Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band Earthquake Game People Head coaches Seasons 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 National championship seasons in bold

Ole Miss Rebels football Venues Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Bowls & rivalries Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Egg Bowl (Mississippi State) Magnolia Bowl (LSU) Vanderbilt Culture & lore Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove People Head coaches Seasons 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 National championship seasons in bold

Southeastern Conference football rivalry games Iron Bowl (Alabama–Auburn) Alabama–LSU Alabama–Mississippi State Alabama–Ole Miss Third Saturday in October (Alabama–Tennessee) Arkansas–LSU Arkansas–Ole Miss Auburn–Florida Auburn–Georgia Auburn–LSU Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic Florida–LSU Florida–Tennessee Kentucky–Mississippi State Magnolia Bowl (LSU–Ole Miss) Egg Bowl (Mississippi State–Ole Miss) Vanderbilt–Ole Miss