This Saturday’s Magnolia Bowl will be the 105th game played between the Rebels and Louisiana State University. The rivalry began with a 26-6 win for Ole Miss on Dec. 3, 1894, in Baton Rouge, only one year after the Rebels’ football team was formed.
The first Magnolia Bowl, with that title, was played on Nov. 22, 2008, in the Tiger Stadium and ended with an Ole Miss win 31-13. It took compromise between the rivals to determine the name that would highlight the historic rivalry.