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Timeline of college football in Kansas

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Thistimeline of college football in Kansas sets forth notablecollege football-related events that occurred in the state ofKansas.

Overview

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College football in Kansas began in 1890 and has its roots in the formation of theKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.^[1] The first game was played on November 22 that year betweenBaker University and theUniversity of Kansas.^[2] Games have been played in the state continuously every year ever since.

Timeline

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1890s

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1890
- February 15 – TheKansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association is formed.^[1]
- November 22 – The first official intercollegiate football game in the state of Kansas is played inBaldwin City, between theUniversity of Kansas andBaker University. Baker wins, 22–9.^[2]
1891
- October 31 – The first playing of the "Border War" betweenKansas andMissouri, in Kansas City, Missouri.^[2] Border War games are played Kansas City until 1911. In 1912, Kansas hosts the game for the first time in Lawrence.
1893
- African American Ed Haney plays on the football team for the University of Kansas.^[3]
- November 30 –Kansas State competes in its first intercollegiate football game, against St. Mary's College.The Manhattan Mercury reports afterward on its front page: "About 30 spectators and lovers of the game accompanied our college foot ball team toSt. Marys on Thanksgiving day and witnessed the defeat of St. Marys' college team by a score of 18 to 10."^[4]

1900s

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1902
- October 4 –Kansas State andKansas play the first game of their longrivalry, a 16–0 Jayhawk win.
1904
- October 28 –Haskell College facesCarlisle at the1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, in front of a crowd of 12,000 people, in an early inter-sectional college football "championship" game.^[2]^[5]
1905
- October 6 – Cooper College (Sterling) plays Fairmount (Wichita State) in a night game – the first night college football game west of the Mississippi River.^[6]
- December 25 – Washburn and Fairmount play an "experimental" game to test new rules.^[2]^[7]
1908
- November 26 – Kansas completes a 9–0 season and clinches the championship of theMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the first major conference football title won by a state school.^[2]

1910s

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1911
- October 21 – Kansas beats Kansas State 6–0. After the teams did not play in 1910, this is the first game in a continuous series that has lasted more than 100 years – the sixth-longest continuous series in college football history.
- November 25 – Over 1,000 people gather in downtown Lawrence to watch a live scale model reenactment of the Kansas Jayhawks game against Missouri. Game statistics were transmitted by telegraph.
1913
- Kansas State formally leaves the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association to join the Missouri Valley and compete against the University of Kansas and other larger schools in the region.

1920s

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1928
- December 1 – The former Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference disbanded to form the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference ("little six").^{[citation needed]}

1930s

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1939
- October 28 – Kansas State's homecoming game against Nebraska is broadcast on W9XAK television. This is the first college football game broadcast in Kansas and the second anywhere in the nation.

1940s

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1948
- January 1 – BothWichita State andKansas play in bowl games on the same date – the first bowl appearances for any of the state's schools. Wichita State plays in theRaisin Bowl, while KU plays in theOrange Bowl. After the season ends, WSU's head coachRalph Graham leaves to coach at his alma mater,Kansas State, which is at the time in the midst of an NCAA-record 28-game losing streak.
1949
- September 24 – Harold Robinson plays his first game forKansas State, breaking the modern "color barrier" inBig Eight Conference athletics, and also becoming the first ever African-American athlete on scholarship in the conference.^[8]

1950s

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1951
- September 14 – Head coachHarold Hunt of Southwestern gains national praise by rejecting a touchdown when he observes his ball carrier stepping out of bounds.^[9]
- FormerWashburn Ichabods andBethany Swedes head coachBennie Owen is inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.^[10]
- Former Kansas head coachFielding H. Yost is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[11]
1955
- Former Haskell football head coachMatty Bell is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[12]
1957
- December 21 –Pittsburg State wins its first NAIA national championship.

1960s

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1961
- Pittsburg State wins its second NAIA National Title.
- Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is founded. The organization celebrates all Kansas sports with 19 inductees its first year, includingGarfield Weede,Ernie Quigley,Mike Ahearn,Bill Hargiss, andEmil Liston.^[13]
1966
- Former Kansas State head coachPappy Waldorf is voted in to the College Football Hall of Fame.^[14]
1969
- October 11 – Kansas State beats KU 26–22, in the first contest in the Governor's Cup series. The game features star players on both sides, with KU led by futurePro Football Hall of Fame running backJohn Riggins, and KSU led by quarterbackLynn Dickey.
- November 22 - TheKansas State High School Activities Association holds its first state championship games. Previously, there were no playoffs for high school teams, and champions were determined by media polls.

1970s

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1970
- October 2 – Approximately half of theWichita State University football team dies in a plane crash on way to play a game against Utah State University.
- December 5 – The firstBoot Hill Bowl game is played.
1971
- Kansas State High School Activities Association develops and begins using new overtime rules. These rules become the future standard for overtime in college football.^[15]
1974
- TheCollege of Emporia closes, discontinuing its football program.
1978
- Former Kansas State head coachCharlie Bachman is voted in to the College Football Hall of Fame.^[16]
1979
- Willie Jeffries is named the head coach at Wichita State, the first African-American head coach of an NCAA Division-I program at a predominantly white school.^[17]

1980s

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1980
- November 20 – The firstSunflower Bowl is played.
- November 21 – The final Boot Hill Bowl game is played.
1986
- November 15 – The final Sunflower Bowl is played.
- December 2 –Wichita State University discontinues its football program.
1988
- December 13 -Bill Snyder. the offensive coordinator for theIowa Hawkeyes, is named Kansas State's new head coach.
1989
- Emporia State advances to the NAIA National Championship game, losing toCarson-Newman

1990s

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1991
- Pittsburg State wins its firstNCAA Division II National Championship and 3rd title overall.
1992
- Saint Mary of the Plains closes (and also its football program)
1995
- October 28 – Kansas State and Kansas face each other as ranked football teams for the first time. KU comes into the game ranked number 6 in the nation in theAP Poll, while KSU is ranked number 14. KSU wins the game, 41–7.
- TheWheat Bowl plays its first game.
1996
- August 31 – Texas Tech plays atKansas State in the first everBig 12 Conference football game.
1998
- November 9 –Kansas State rises to the number 1 ranking in theCoaches Poll after improving to 9–0, the first time a state school is ranked first in the nation in theDivision I college football polls. The Wildcats finish the regular season 11-0, but squander a chance to play for the national championship by losing 36-33 in double overtime toTexas A&M in the Big 12 Championship game.

2000s

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2001
- Former Kansas tackle/halfback and former head coach at Kansas, Washburn andHaskell John H. Outland is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[18]
2002
- Former Wichita State head coachMarcelino Huerta is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[19]
2004
- Charlie Richard, former head coach at Baker University, is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame^[20]
2005
- November 19 - Bill Snyder retires after 17 seasons as head coach at Kansas State.
2006
- The final Wheat Bowl game is played.
2007
- November 24 - Kansas, ranked second in the Associated Press poll, has an opportunity to ascend to No. 1 by defeating archrival Missouri atArrowhead Stadium inKansas City, Missouri. However, the Tigers win 36-28 and ascend to the top.
2008
- November 24 - Bill Snyder returns as head coach at Kansas State. His second tenure will last 10 seasons (2009-18).
2009
- May 12 – The firstKanza Bowl is played

2010s

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2010
- FormerBethany Swedes head coachTed Kessinger is inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame, the second Hall of Fame coach from the small school inLindsborg.^[21]
- Former Wichita State head coachWillie Jeffries is inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.^[17]
2011
- Pittsburg State win its secondNCAA Division II title, its 4th title overall.
2012
- November 15 – The final Kanza Bowl is played.
- Former Haskell head coachWilliam Henry Dietz is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.^[22]
2015
- January 9, 2015 – Kansas State head coachBill Snyder is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame^[23]
- May 22, 2015 – Haskell University suspends football for the 2015 season.^[24]
2016
- Baker University advances to the2016 NAIA Football National Championship, losing toSaint Francis (Indiana).
2017
- September 2, 2017 – Kansas State football playerScott Frantz becomes the first openlygay college football player to play at the NCAA'shighest level. Frantzannounced toESPN prior to the season that he is gay.^[25]

References

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^^a ^bNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics^{[dead link]} "Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference"
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^"Lapchick: Pioneering student-athletes required courage". 20 February 2008.
^"(unknown title)".The Manhattan Mercury. December 6, 1893.
^"College Football in the Olympics, 1904". Archived fromthe original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved2012-08-05.
^DeLassus, David."Wichita State Yearly Results (1905)".College Football Data Warehouse. RetrievedApril 4, 2011.
^"New Football Rules Tested".Los Angeles Times. December 26, 1905. Archived fromthe original on March 2, 2012.
^"Athlete Who Broke Big 12 Race Barrier Dies". CBS College Sports. May 13, 2006. Archived fromthe original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved2010-03-17.
^"This Week Nominates: Football's Man of the Year".The Baltimore Sun.Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. RetrievedOctober 3, 2013.
^"Bennie Owen". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"Matty "Moanin' Matty" Bell". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"Inductees by Year".Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. RetrievedMarch 9, 2020.
^"Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^Holaday, Jeremy."Breaking the Tie"(PDF).Kansas State High School Activities Association. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2019.
^"Charlie Bachman". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^^a ^b"Willie Jeffries". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"John Outland". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2015.
^"Marcelino "Chelo" Huerta". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"Charlie Richard".Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. RetrievedApril 25, 2022.
^"Ted Kessinger". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"William "Lone Star" Dietz". National Football Foundation. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2015.
^"Bill Snyder".College Football Hall of Fame. January 9, 2015. RetrievedJuly 1, 2015.
^"Haskell suspends football program, possibly others, to cut costs".Lawrence Journal-World. May 21, 2015. RetrievedDecember 6, 2016.
^"Scott Frantz of Kansas State Wildcats details telling teammates he is gay".Espn.com. 2017-07-13. Retrieved2017-08-22.

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v t e Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football
Venues	Haskell Stadium (1926–?, 1990–2014)
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v t e Kansas Jayhawks football
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v t e Kansas State Wildcats football
Venues	Ahearn Field (1911–1921) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)
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v t e Pittsburg State Gorillas football
Venues	Carnie Smith Stadium (1924–present)
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v t e Southwestern Moundbuilders football
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v t e Washburn Ichabods football
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