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First American Football Homecoming Game
Kansas vs. Missouri
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First homecoming football game, 1911

1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas Jayhawks football 0
Missouri Tigers football 0
Date November 25, 1911
Stadium Rollins field
Location Columbia, Missouri
Attendance 10,000+[1]


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[2] at Rollins field in Columbia, Missouri.[3] It is widely considered, although contested, to be the first college football homecoming game ever played.[1][4][5][6]

The Missouri Tigers, under coach Chester Brewer entered the game with a record of 2 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie.[2] The Kansas Jayhawks, led by Ralph W. Sherwin brought a record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie.[7] The game ended in a 3–3 tie and was the final game of the season for both schools.[8]

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.[3]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "The History of Homecoming". Active.com. http://www.active.com/football/Articles/The_History_of_Homecoming.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  2. 2.0 2.1 DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records: Game-by-game {Chester L. Brewer, 1911)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=236&year=1911. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "100 years ago: Football fans enjoy mechanized reproduction of KU-MU game". Lawrence Journal-World. November 27, 2011. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/nov/27/100-years-ago-football-fans-enjoy-mechanized-repro/?print. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  4. "U celebrates Homecoming Week 2004 : UMNews : University of Minnesota". .umn.edu. http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2004/UR_25536_REGION1.html. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  5. By Chrös Mcdougall And Blaine Grider. "Tradition’s beginnings mysterious". Columbia Missourian. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2006/10/20/traditions-beginnings-mysterious/. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  6. Director of Digital Media, Eric J Eckert; eric.eckert@yorknewstimes.com (2011-09-23). "> Archives > Editorials > Vincent's Views". York News-Times. http://www.yorknewstimes.com/articles/2011/09/23/editorials/doc4e7c08259fabd268415990.txt. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  7. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records: Game-by-game {Ralph Sherwin, 1911)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2134&year=1911. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  8. Shaffer, Ian. "Kansas 3 vs Missouri 3". College Football Reference. http://www.cfreference.net/cfr/schedules/missouri/vs/kansas/1911/7426. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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