Magnolia Bowl

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Magnolia Bowl
LSU Tigers Ole Miss Rebels

Sport(s) Football
Total meetings 102
Series record LSU leads, 58-40-4
First meeting December 3, 1894
Ole Miss 26, LSU 6
Last meeting October 19, 2013
Ole Miss 27, LSU 24
Next meeting October 25, 2014
Largest win LSU, 52-3 (2011)
Longest win streak LSU, 8 (1928-1937)
Current win streak Ole Miss, 1 (2013–present)
Trophy

Magnolia Bowl Trophy

trophy originated 2008

The LSUOle Miss football rivalry, renamed the Magnolia Bowl[1] in 2008 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 teams compete for the Magnolia Bowl Trophy. 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, 58-40-4. However, LSU already held a 20-7 lead in games played prior to 1938. Since then the rivalry has been much tighter with the Tigers leading 38-33-4. In many cases, wins have come in streaks with the longest being 8, (LSU: 1928-1937). The next longest win 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

LSU vs. Ole Miss

Ole Miss 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  LSU6 Ole Miss 1-0
November 13, 1896 Vicksburg LSU12 Mississippi    4 Tied 1-1
November 3, 1899 Meridian Mississippi11LSU0 Ole Miss 2-1
November 7, 1901 Baton Rouge LSU46 Mississippi    0 Tied 2-2
 November 8, 1902  New Orleans LSU6 Mississippi0 LSU 3-2
November 21, 1903 New Orleans Mississippi11 LSU0 Tied 3-3
November 5, 1904 Baton Rouge LSU5 Mississippi0 LSU 4-3
October 20, 1906 Baton Rouge Mississippi9 LSU0 Tied 4-4
November 16, 1907 Jackson LSU23 Mississippi 0 LSU 5-4
October 9, 1909 Baton Rouge LSU10 Mississippi0 LSU 6-4
October 19, 1912 Baton Rouge Mississippi10 LSU7 LSU 6-5
October 17, 1914 Baton Rouge Mississippi21 LSU0 Tied 6-6
October 15, 1915 Oxford LSU28 Mississippi0 LSU 7-6
November 18, 1916 Baton Rouge LSU41 Mississippi 0  LSU 8-6
October 13, 1917 Oxford LSU52 Mississippi7 LSU 9-6
October 18, 1919 Baton Rouge LSU13 Mississippi0 LSU 10-6
November 12, 1921 Baton Rouge LSU21 Mississippi0 LSU 11-6
November 13, 1926 Baton Rouge LSU3 Mississippi0 LSU 12-6
November 5, 1927 Oxford Mississippi12 LSU7 LSU 12-7
November 10, 1928 Baton Rouge LSU19 Mississippi6 LSU 13-7
November 16, 1929 Baton Rouge LSU13 Mississippi6 LSU 14-7
November 8, 1930 Baton Rouge LSU6 Mississippi0 LSU 15-7
November 13, 1931 Jackson LSU26 Mississippi3 LSU 16-7
November 8, 1933 Baton Rouge LSU31 Mississippi0 LSU 17-7
November 17, 1934 Jackson LSU14 Mississippi0 LSU 18-7
October 17, 1936 Baton Rouge LSU13 Mississippi0 LSU 19-7
September 24, 1937 Baton Rouge LSU13Mississippi7 LSU 20-7
September 24, 1938 Baton Rouge Mississippi20LSU7 LSU 20-8
September 30, 1939 Baton Rouge Mississippi14 LSU7 LSU 20-9
September 28, 1940 Baton Rouge Mississippi19 LSU6 LSU 20-10
November 8, 1941 Baton Rouge Mississippi13 LSU12 LSU 20-11
October 17, 1942 Baton Rouge LSU21 Mississippi7 LSU 21-11
November 3, 1945 Baton Rouge LSU32 Mississippi13 LSU 22-11
November 13, 1946 Baton Rouge LSU34 Mississippi21 LSU 23-11
November 1, 1947 Baton Rouge Mississippi20 LSU18 LSU 23-12
October 30, 1948 Baton Rouge Mississippi49 LSU19 LSU 23-13
October 10, 1949 Baton Rouge LSU34 Mississippi7 LSU 24-13
November 4, 1950 Baton Rouge LSU40 Mississippi14 LSU 25-13
November 3, 1951 Baton Rouge LSU6Mississippi6 LSU 25-13-1
November 1, 1952 Oxford Mississippi28 LSU0 LSU 25-14-1
October 31, 1953 Baton Rouge Mississippi27 LSU16 LSU 25-15-1
October 30, 1954 Baton Rouge Mississippi21 LSU6 LSU 25-16-1
October 29, 1955 Baton Rouge Mississippi29 LSU26 LSU 25-17-1
November 3, 1956 Baton Rouge Mississippi46 LSU17 LSU 25-18-1
November 9, 1957 Oxford Mississippi14 LSU12 LSU 25-19-1
November 1, 1958 Baton Rouge LSU14 Mississippi0 LSU 26-19-1
October 31, 1959 Baton Rouge LSU7 Mississippi3 LSU 27-19-1
January 1, 1960 New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) Mississippi21 LSU0 LSU 27-20-1
October 29, 1960 Oxford Mississippi6LSU6 LSU 27-20-2
November 4, 1961 Baton Rouge LSU10 Mississippi7 LSU 28-20-2
November 3, 1962 Baton Rouge Mississippi15 LSU7 LSU 28-21-2
November 2, 1963 Baton Rouge Mississippi37 LSU3 LSU 28-22-2
October 31, 1964 Baton Rouge LSU11 Mississippi10 LSU 29-22-2
October 30, 1965 Jackson Mississippi23 LSU0 LSU 29-23-2
October 29, 1966 Baton Rouge Mississippi17LSU0 LSU 29-24-2
November 29, 1967 Jackson Mississippi13LSU13 LSU 29-24-3
November 2, 1968 Baton Rouge Mississippi27 LSU24 LSU 29-25-3
November 1, 1969 Jackson Mississippi26 LSU23 LSU 29-26-3
December 5, 1970 Baton Rouge LSU61 Mississippi17 LSU 30-26-3
October 30, 1971 Jackson Mississippi24 LSU22 LSU 30-27-3
November 4, 1972 Baton Rouge LSU17Mississippi16 LSU 31-27-3
November 3, 1973 Jackson LSU51 Mississippi14 LSU 32-27-3
November 2, 1974 Baton Rouge LSU24 Mississippi0 LSU 33-27-3
November 1, 1975 Jackson Mississippi24 LSU13 LSU 33-28-3
October 30, 1976 Baton Rouge LSU45 Mississippi0 LSU 34-28-3
October 29, 1977 Jackson LSU28Mississippi21 LSU 35-28-3
November 4, 1978 Baton Rouge LSU30 Mississippi8 LSU 36-28-3
November 3, 1979 Jackson LSU28 Mississippi24 LSU 37-28-3
November 1, 1980 Baton Rouge LSU38 LSU16 LSU 38-28-3
October 31, 1981 Jackson Mississippi27LSU27 LSU 38-28-4
October 30, 1982 Baton Rouge LSU45 Mississippi8 LSU 39-28-4
October 29, 1983 Jackson Mississippi27 LSU24 LSU 39-29-4
November 3, 1984 Baton Rouge LSU32 Mississippi29 LSU 40-29-4
November 2, 1985 Jackson LSU14Mississippi0 LSU 41-29-4
November 1, 1986 Baton Rouge Mississippi21LSU19 LSU 41-30-4
October 31, 1987 Jackson LSU42 Mississippi13 LSU 42-30-4
October 29, 1988 Baton Rouge LSU31 Mississippi20 LSU 43-30-4
November 4, 1989 Oxford LSU35 Mississippi30 LSU 44-30-4
November 3, 1990 Baton Rouge Mississippi19 LSU10 LSU 44-31-4
November 2, 1991 Jackson LSU25 Mississippi22 LSU 45-31-4
October 31, 1992 Jackson Mississippi32 LSU0 LSU 45-32-4
October 30, 1993 Baton Rouge LSU19 Mississippi17 LSU 46-32-4
October 29, 1994 Oxford Mississippi34 LSU21 LSU 46-33-4
November 11, 1995 Baton Rouge LSU38 Mississippi9 LSU 47-33-4
November 16, 1996 Oxford LSU39 Mississippi7 LSU 48-33-4
November 26, 1997 Baton Rouge Mississippi36 LSU21 LSU 48-34-4
October 31, 1998 Oxford Mississippi37 LSU31 LSU 48-35-4
October 30, 1999 Baton Rouge Mississippi42 LSU23 LSU 48-36-4
November 11, 2000 Oxford LSU20 Mississippi9 LSU 49-36-4
October 27, 2001 Baton Rouge Mississippi35 LSU24 LSU 49-37-4
November 23, 2002 Baton Rouge #21 LSU14 Mississippi13 LSU 50-37-4
November 22, 2003 Oxford #3 LSU17 #15 Mississippi14 LSU 51-37-4
November 20, 2004 Baton Rouge #14 LSU27 Mississippi24 LSU 52-37-4
November 19, 2005 Oxford #4 LSU40 Mississippi7 LSU 53-37-4
November 18, 2006 Baton Rouge #9 LSU23 Mississippi20 LSU 54-37-4
November 17, 2007 Oxford #1 LSU41 Mississippi24 LSU 55-37-4
November 22, 2008 Baton Rouge Mississippi31 #18 LSU13 LSU 55-38-4
November 21, 2009 Oxford Mississippi25 #10 LSU23 LSU 55-39-4
November 20, 2010 Baton Rouge #5 LSU43 Mississippi36 LSU 56-39-4
November 19, 2011 Oxford #1 LSU52 Mississippi3 LSU 57-39-4
November 17, 2012 Baton Rouge #7 LSU41 Mississippi35 LSU 58-39-4
October 19, 2013 Oxford Mississippi27 #6 LSU24 LSU 58-40-4

Notable games

Magnolia Bowl Trophy
  • 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.
  • 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, the first visit by LSU to the Ole Miss campus since 1960, proved to have a much different flavor than most college football games. One week earlier, Rebels safety Chucky Mullins suffered a career-ending (and ultimately, fatal) injury making a tackle vs. Vanderbilt. 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 1-6 Tigers, only to have the ball intercepted in the end zone in the waning seconds, allowing LSU to hold on for a 35-30 victory.
  • 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 make the SEC Championship game for the first time. If LSU won, both teams would be SEC West co-champions but LSU would go to Atlanta due to the head-to-head victory tiebreaker. 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 SEC 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.


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