Ole Miss wins Egg Bowl for record-setting 11th victory
By David Wasson
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The Ole Miss Rebels have been playing college football since 1893, with 3 national championships and unbeaten seasons in 1960 and 1962. But the Rebels had never won 11 games in a season before 2025.
Ole Miss locked up the winningest season in school history Friday, thumping Mississippi State 38-19 in the 122nd Egg Bowl to lock up an 11-1 campaign. Those 11 wins are the most in the 132 seasons of football in Oxford and have the Rebels as a virtual lock to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time.
No. 7 Ole Miss (11-1) still has a chance to play in the SEC Championship Game but would need a Texas victory against Texas A&M on Friday and then an Auburn victory against Alabama on Saturday to send the Rebels to Atlanta on Dec. 6. The Rebels’ lone loss this season came Oct. 18 at No. 8 Georgia, a 43-35 setback.
Ole Miss claims the 1959, 1960 and 1962 national championships. The 1959 Rebels went 10-1 and were No. 1 according to Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel and Sagarin. The 1960 Rebels went 10-0-1 and shared the national title with Minnesota. And the 1962 Rebels went 10-0 and were No. 1 according to Billingsley, Litkenhous and Sagarin.
Ole Miss finished 11-2 in 2023 after winning the Peach Bowl – the only season in Rebels history with 11 games counting the postseason.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
