Northwest Missouri State−Pittsburg State football rivalry

Northwest Missouri State−Pittsburg State
football rivalry

Northwest Missouri State Bearcats

Pittsburg State Gorillas

Sport

Football

First meeting

September 30, 1932
Pittsburg State 25, Northwest 0

Latest meeting

October 17, 2015
Northwest Missouri 31, Pittsburg State 14

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Northwest Missouri State, 25–24

Largest victory

Pittsburg State, 49–7 (1994)

Longest streak

Pittsburg State, 10 (1983–1996)

Current streak

Northwest Missouri State, 1 (2015– )

The Northwest Missouri State−Pittsburg State football rivalry, formerly known as the Fall Classic at Arrowhead, is a college football game at Arrowhead Stadium that was held twelve times in Kansas City, Missouri from 2002-2013 between Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) rivals Northwest Missouri State University and Pittsburg State University. The games are now played at the teams' home field, due to being unable to reach terms with the Kansas City Chiefs.^[1]

Overview

While at Arrowhead, the Fall Classic drew more than 20,000 fans each year (including 26,695 in 2004), the largest attendance of any regular-season NCAA Division II sporting event.

Since 1992 the two MIAA rivals have appeared in 11 NCAA Division II National Football Championship title games. Pittsburg State is 2-3 winning in 1991 and 2011, and was runner up in 1992, 1995 and 2004 (in addition it polled #1 in 1961). Northwest is 3-4, winning the titles in 1998, 1999 and 2009 and was runner up in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In addition to the regular season games the two teams have also played each other in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2011 in Division II playoff games.^[2]^[3] The two teams have combined for at least a share of all but two MIAA championships since 1989.

In every matchup at Arrowhead except 2003, at least one of the teams was ranked in the Top 10 in Division II. In 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006 and 2004 both teams were in the Top 10 including 2004 when they were #1 and #2.

On February 11, 2014 Northwest Missouri State announced on their website that they were unable to reach terms with the Kansas City Chiefs to continue the use of Arrowhead Stadium for the contest.^[1]

Northwest won nine of the twelve games played at Arrowhead Stadium.

Game results

Northwest Missouri State victories	Pittsburg State victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	Sept. 30, 1932	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	25–0
2	Sept. 29, 1933	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	33–6
3	Sept. 15, 1934	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	7–0
4	Sept. 15, 1944	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	26–13
5	Oct. 13, 1944	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	33–2
6	Oct. 8, 1960	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	38–6
7	Oct. 7, 1961	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	35–0
8	Sept. 15, 1973	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	14–10
9	Sept. 14, 1974	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	13–0
10	Sept. 13, 1975	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	38–14
11	Sept. 11, 1976	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	24–0
12	Sept. 10, 1977	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	27–14
13	Sept. 9, 1978	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	30–10
14	Sept. 8, 1979	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	21–14
15	Sept. 6, 1980	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	33–7
16	Sept. 5, 1981	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	9–6
17	Sept. 10, 1983	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	28–7
18	Oct. 7, 1989	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	27–13
19	Nov. 28, 1989	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	28–7
20	Oct. 6, 1990	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	49–14
21	Oct. 5, 1991	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	38–0
22	Oct. 3, 1992	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	31–14
23	Oct. 30, 1993	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	38–12
24	Oct. 29, 1994	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	49–7
25	Nov. 11, 1995	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	22–14

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
26	Nov. 16, 1996	Maryville, MO	Pittsburg State	40–0
27	Oct. 25, 1997	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	15–14
28	Oct. 24, 1998	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	23–18
29	Sept. 18, 1999	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	27–21
30	Sept. 16, 2000	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	35–28
31	Oct. 13, 2001	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	35–31
32	Oct. 17, 2002	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	29–7
33	Nov. 15, 2003	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	20–19
34	Nov. 6, 2004	Kansas City, MO	Pittsburg State	21–17
35	Nov. 27, 2004	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	50–36^A
36	Oct. 29, 2005	Kansas City, MO	Pittsburg State	56–35
37	Nov. 26, 2005	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	21–10^A
38	Nov. 4, 2006	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	41–14
39	Oct. 6, 2007	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	37–34
40	Oct. 4, 2008	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	35–10
41	Nov. 22, 2008	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	38–35^A
42	Oct. 4, 2009	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	30–10
43	Oct. 4, 2010	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	22–16
44	Oct. 29, 2011	Kansas City, MO	Pittsburg State	38–35
45	Oct. 29, 2011	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	41–16^A
46	Oct. 4, 2012	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–21
47	Oct. 4, 2013	Kansas City, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–15
48	Oct. 18, 2014	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg State	35–17
49	Oct. 17, 2015	Pittsburg, KS	Northwest Missouri State	31–14
Series: Northwest Missouri State leads 25–24

^A During the 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2011 college football seasons, the Bearcats and Gorillas played twice; in this case, the second meeting was in the playoffs. All other seasons that the two teams played twice was considered a regular season game.

References

Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football

Venue	Bearcat Stadium (1917–present)

Postseason & rivalries	Missouri Western Pittsburg State Truman (Hickory Stick)

People	Head coaches NFL Draftees

Seasons	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Pittsburg State Gorillas football

Venues	Carnie Smith Stadium (1924–present)

Postseason & rivalries	Northwest Missouri State

Culture & lore	Timeline of Kansas football

People	Head coaches NFL Draftees

Seasons	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

National championship seasons in bold

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football rivalries

Conference	Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri President's Cup (Central Oklahoma–Northeastern State) Northwest Missouri State−Pittsburg State football rivalry

Non-conference	Hickory Stick (Northwest Missouri State–Truman)

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