Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Mississippi Rebels Box Score on Nov 28, 2020

Sophomore quarterback Matt Corral completed 24 of 36 for 385 yards and two touchdowns to lead Ole Miss to a 31-24 win over rival Mississippi State on Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

Ole Miss (4-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) won the Egg Bowl game for the first time since 2017.

Half of Corral's 24 completions went to Elijah Moore, who had a team-high 139 receiving yards. Jerrion Ealy headed a balanced Rebels running attack (163 rushing yards) with 18 carries for 93 yards, including a touchdown.

For Mississippi State (2-6, 2-6), freshman quarterback Will Rogers accounted for 466 yards of total offense -- completing 45 of 61 passes for 440 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for a team-high 26 yards on four tries.

Ole Miss opened the scoring with a 48-yard touchdown pass from Corral to senior wideout Dontario Drummond with 6:03 remaining in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs blew a prime chance to tie the game early. After Mississippi State drove from its own 25 to inside the Ole Miss 5-yard line, Austin Williams caught a short pass but fumbled at the 1. Rebels senior Deane Leonard recovered and rumbled 84 yards to the Mississippi State 16-yard line.

Ole Miss then took a 14-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-goal by sophomore running back Snoop Conner with 16 seconds left in the first quarter.

Mississippi State cut Ole Miss' lead to 14-7 with 13:37 remaining in the second quarter on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Rogers to junior wideout Malik Heath.

But Ole Miss struck back with a big play, going up 21-7 on an 81-yard touchdown pass from Corral to senior wideout Braylon Sanders with 9:44 left until halftime.

The Bulldogs then went into halftime with momentum after an 11-yard touchdown pass from Rogers to Heath with six seconds remaining in the second quarter that made it 21-14 Ole Miss.

Ole Miss took a 24-14 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 26-yard field goal by Luke Logan, although the Rebels had to settle for three points after having a second-and-goal from the 1-yard line on what wound up being a 13-play drive.

The Bulldogs then drove down the field and closed within 24-20 on a 7-yard touchdown pass from Rogers to Williams with 7:51 remaining.

But Ole Miss restored a double-digit lead, taking a 31-21 lead with 4:48 left on an 8-yard touchdown run by the Ealy.

The Bulldogs stayed in the game on a 25-yard field goal by junior Brandon Ruiz with 2:08 left that made it 31-24, but Ole Miss recovered the onside kick.

Mississippi State did get the ball back and moved to the Ole Miss 36-yard line with five seconds left, but a Hail Mary attempt into the end zone fell incomplete as time expired.

--Field Level Media