Egg Bowl rivalry game turns contentious as Ole Miss, Mississippi State players get into fracas

A combat broke retired betwixt Ole Miss and Mississippi State players connected Friday day successful the 2nd 4th of their Egg Bowl rivalry matchup.

The incidental occurred aft Ole Miss backmost Trinidad Chambliss mislaid the shot arsenic helium dropped backmost to pass. The ruling connected the tract was a fumble initially and recovered by Mississippi State. But arsenic players fought for the escaped ball, some sides went a measurement further.

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Mississippi State Bulldogs mascot Bully performs earlier the crippled against the Mississippi Rebels astatine Davis Wade Stadium astatine Scott Field connected Nov. 28, 2025. (Petre Thomas/Imagn Images)

An Ole Miss lineman jumped toward the shot precocious and was being pulled disconnected by Mississippi State players. Rebels players took objection and the fracas was kicked off. Ole Miss choky extremity Dae’Quan Wright yanked the helmet of Mississippi State linebacker Malick Sylla. Bulldogs players past pushed Wright away, which kept the strength high.

Staff members from some schools rushed the tract to chill their players down arsenic flags were flying each implicit the field.

Once the officials got things sorted, they had to spot whether Chambliss did so fumble the shot and what different penalties were going to beryllium fixed out.

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Mississippi Rebels moving backmost Kewan Lacy (5) celebrates with backmost Trinidad Chambliss (6) and wide receiver Deuce Alexander (11) aft scoring a touchdown against the Mississippi State Bulldogs successful the archetypal fractional astatine Davis Wade Stadium astatine Scott Field connected Nov. 28, 2025. (Petre Thomas/Imagn Images)

Officials overturned the fumble telephone and ruled Chambliss threw the shot incomplete. Ole Miss’ Wright and his teammate Delano Townsend and Mississippi State’s Sylla were deed with idiosyncratic foul penalties. The fouls offset and cipher was ejected.

Ole Miss punted the shot distant to extremity their drive. 

Ole Miss had a 21-10 pb astatine halftime. Kiffin was seen talking to officials earlier heading backmost into the locker room.

"We conscionable effort to play cleanable football. We effort to execute and play truly bully football," helium said. "For a full sideline to effort to combat and permission their full sideline, including their diversion director, I ne'er seen thing similar it.

"So, I'm conscionable reminding them. We're not trying to commencement a fight. So our assemblage could get recognition for warring people."

Tensions were already precocious coming into the crippled – not lone due to the fact that of the rivalry betwixt the schools. Ole Miss caput manager Lane Kiffin alleged that Mississippi State fans broke into their locker country and stole Chambliss’ jerseys.

Mississippi caput manager Lane Kiffin, right, greets Mississippi State caput manager Jeff Lebby anterior to their NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Nov. 28, 2025, successful Starkville, Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Ole Miss was looking for triumph No. 11 and Mississippi State was hoping to ruin their College Football Playoff chances.

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