1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game

College American football game

College football game

First American Football Homecoming Game
Kansas vs. Missouri

First homecoming football game, 1911

Kansas Jayhawks	Missouri Tigers
(4–2–1)	(2–4–1)
Head coach: Ralph W. Sherwin	Head coach: Chester Brewer

Date

November 25, 1911

Season

1911

Stadium

Rollins Field

Location

Columbia, Missouri

Attendance

10,000+

The 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game was a college football game between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri played on November 25, 1911 at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri. It is widely considered, although contested, to be the first college football homecoming game ever played.

The Missouri Tigers, under coach Chester Brewer entered the game with a record of 2 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie. The Kansas Jayhawks, led by Ralph W. Sherwin brought a record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie. The game ended in a 3–3 tie and was the final game of the season for both schools.

More than 1,000 people gathered in downtown Lawrence, Kansas to watch a mechanical reproduction of the game while it was being played. A Western Union telegraph wire was set up direct from Columbia, with information "broadcast" to Lawrence. A group of people then would announce the results of the previous play and used a large model of a football playing field to show the results. Those in attendance would cheer as though they were watching the game live, including the school's Rock Chalk, Jayhawk cheer.

References

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^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records: Game-by-game (Chester L. Brewer, 1911)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
^ "100 years ago: Football fans enjoy mechanized reproduction of KU-MU game". Lawrence Journal-World. November 27, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
"U celebrates Homecoming Week 2004 : UMNews : University of Minnesota". .umn.edu. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
Chrös Mcdougall And Blaine Grider. "Tradition's beginnings mysterious". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
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Shaffer, Ian. "Kansas 3 vs Missouri 3". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

v t e Kansas Jayhawks football
Venues	McCook Field (1892–1920) David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (1921–2023, 2025–future) Arrowhead Stadium (2024) Children's Mercy Park (2024)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kansas State: Sunflower Showdown Missouri: Border War Nebraska
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v t e Missouri Tigers football
Venues	Guitar and Lowry Field (1890–1891) Athletic Grounds (1892–1895) Rollins Field (1896–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State Kansas: Border War Nebraska Oklahoma
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v t e Historically significant college football games
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20th century	1902 Rose Bowl Washburn vs. Fairmount (1905) Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt (1906) Vanderbilt vs. Yale (1910) Kansas vs. Missouri (1911) Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech (1916) Centre vs. Harvard (1921) Alabama vs. Penn (1922) Michigan vs. Vanderbilt (1922) Princeton vs. Chicago (1922) 1926 Rose Bowl SMU vs. TCU (1935) Waynesburg vs. Fordham (1939) Texas Tech vs. Centenary (1939) Cornell vs. Dartmouth (1940) Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown (1941) Army vs. Notre Dame (1946) 1952 Rose Bowl 1956 Sugar Bowl 1962 Rose Bowl 1963 Rose Bowl Notre Dame vs. Michigan State (1966) UCLA vs. USC (1967) Yale vs. Harvard (1968) Ohio State vs. Michigan (1969) Texas vs. Arkansas (1969) Nebraska vs. Oklahoma (1971) Ohio State vs. Michigan (1973) Nebraska vs. Penn State (1982) Stanford vs. California (1982) 1982 Independence Bowl Oregon State vs. Oregon (1983) 1984 Orange Bowl Hail Flutie (1984) Oregon State vs. Washington (1985) 1987 Fiesta Bowl Auburn vs. LSU (1988) Notre Dame vs. Miami (1988) Colorado vs. Missouri (1990) Georgia Tech vs. Virginia (1990) Wide Right I (1991) Wide Right II (1992) Alabama vs. Florida (1992) 1995 Las Vegas Bowl Linfield vs. Willamette (1997) UCLA vs. Miami (1998) Kansas State vs. Texas A&M (1998)
21st century	Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State (2001) Arkansas vs. Ole Miss (2001) 2001 GMAC Bowl 2002 Las Vegas Bowl LSU vs. Kentucky (2002) Arkansas vs. Kentucky (2003) 2005 Fiesta Bowl Texas vs. Ohio State (2005) USC vs. Notre Dame (2006) 2006 Rose Bowl Michigan State vs. Northwestern (2006) Michigan vs. Ohio State (2006) 2007 Fiesta Bowl Appalachian State vs. Michigan (2007) Stanford vs. USC (2007) Trinity vs. Millsaps (2007) Navy vs. Notre Dame (2007) Navy vs. North Texas (2007) Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia (2007) Texas vs. Texas Tech (2008) Alabama vs. Florida (2009) 2010 Fiesta Bowl 2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl LSU vs. Alabama (2011) Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State (2011) Alabama vs. Georgia (2012) Georgia vs. Auburn (2013) Alabama vs. Auburn (2013) Michigan State vs. Michigan (2015) Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (2015) 2015 Armed Forces Bowl Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech (2016) Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech (2016) Ohio State vs. Penn State (2016) Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh (2016) LSU vs. Texas A&M (2018) LSU vs. Alabama (2019) Clemson vs. Notre Dame (2020) Mormons vs. Mullets (2020) Illinois vs. Penn State (2021) Houston vs. SMU (2022) Alabama vs. Vanderbilt (2024)
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