Mississippi pulls upset in Egg Bowl

Jordan Ta’amu threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns, Jordan Wilkins ran for two scores and visiting Mississippi upset No. 16 Mississippi State 31-28 on Thursday night.

Mississippi (6-6, 3-5 SEC) held off a late Mississippi State rally to win the Egg Bowl for the fourth time in six seasons. The Rebels broke it open in the second half with touchdown passes of 77 yards to A.J. Brown and 63 yards to D.K. Metcalf.

Brown had six catches for 167 yards. Wilkins had 110 yards rushing.

Mississippi State (8-4, 4-4) had to play most of the game without starting quarterback Nick Fitzgerald. He left in the first quarter with a right leg injury. Golf: Jason Day shot a 3-under-par 68 Friday and was one stroke off the lead late in the second round of the Australian Open in Sydney. Day was at 8-under for the tournament, in second place behind Lucas Herbert, who carded a 66. Defending champion Jordan Spieth was at 1-under for the two rounds.

S.S.P. Chawrasia had six birdies and a bogey for a 5under 65 and a one stroke lead at the Hong Kong Open, the first event of the 2018 European Tour season. Soccer: Ten of the top 32 teams in the latest FIFA rankings will not be in next week’s World Cup draw. No. 10 Chile, No. 14 Italy and No. 24 the United States are among those who failed to qualify.

Defending champion Germany leads an unchanged top five ahead of Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Belgium.

A major study into whether soccer players are at risk of degenerative brain disease was commissioned in London amid concerns that English soccer hasn’t done enough to address the issue.