Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.— An Egg Bowl tradition will be renewed Monday [Nov. 19] when Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi Army ROTC cadets partner for the sixth annual Egg Bowl Run.
Army ROTC cadets will carry a football from Starkville to Oxford, leaving MSU at 4 a.m. and arriving in Oxford on Monday evening. MSU Army ROTC cadets will carry the ball from Starkville to Calhoun City, where they will hand the ball off to UM Army ROTC cadets for the second leg of the nearly 100-mile run.
“The Egg Bowl run is a great tradition that promotes an awesome rivalry and allows cadets to work together, as they will in the Army as future leaders, to make a mission happen,” said Lt. Col. David Sarrette, an MSU professor of military science.
Those living and working along the route are encouraged to support the cadets as they make the trip. MSU’s cadets are expected to arrive in Mathiston at approximately 7 a.m., Eupora at 8 a.m. and Calhoun City at noon.
In addition to the traditional run between Starkville and Oxford, a shadow Egg Bowl Run was recently held in Kuwait. The run was carried out by members of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, which is currently deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Spartan Shield. Supporters of MSU and Ole Miss ran a signed football 92 miles, the distance between Starkville and Oxford. It marked the first overseas Egg Bowl Run. To see pictures, visit https://www.facebook.com/2114thFA/posts/2171227049602897.
For more information on MSU’s Army ROTC, visit www.armyrotc.msstate.edu or visit the Bulldog Battalion on Facebook at Facebook.com/msuarmyrotc.