From 1973 to 1990 the Egg Bowl was played there and from 1992 to 2013 it hosted the Mississippi High School Activities Association state championship football games.

[1] From the 1950s through the 1990s, Ole Miss (University of Mississippi), Mississippi State, and Southern Miss regularly played selected "home" games there, including "SEC doubleheader Saturdays" in which one school would host a conference opponent in the morning or afternoon and the other would host a conference opponent at night.

[11] Shortly after the 1980 expansion both Ole Miss and Mississippi State decided to enhance their on-campus facilities to develop the same home-field advantage of their fellow Southeastern Conference members, and gradually stopped playing games in Jackson altogether.

[12] Southern Miss made regular appearances as well, playing both UM and MSU as well as games against such schools as Texas A&M (which joined the SEC in 2012).

In a document published on the Alcorn State website University President M. Christopher Brown II and interim athletic director Dwayne White informally dubbed the game the "Soul Bowl".

[19] The facility faced an uncertain future as Jackson State University explored and proposed building an on-campus venue.

If Jackson State had built a stadium either on or close to its campus UMMC would have regained ownership of the old facility and it would have been razed.

We want to make sure everyone understands that we're in full support of Jackson State.The 1993 Drum Corps International World Championships were held there with the Cadets of Bergen County taking 1st place.