Entering the Egg Bowl in 2015, the home team in the rivalry had only lost twice since 1999. Ole Miss won in Starkville in 2003 and Mississippi State won in Oxford in 2010. In a 15 year stretch, those were the only two times a road team was able to walk away victorious in the heated rivalry.
This brought a lot of comfort to Mississippi State fans. The loss to Ole Miss stung in 2014, but we eagerly awaited the game in 2015 because the game returned to Starkville. So when Ole Miss dominated the game from virtually start to finish, many Mississippi State fans were shell shocked.