Border War (Kansas vs Missouri)
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The Border War (officially branded as the Border Showdown) is the name of an intense rivalry between the University of Missouri and University of Kansas athletic teams, the Missouri Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks.
In 2004 its name was officially changed from Border War to Border Showdown. KU athletic director Lew Perkins stated, "We feel that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing events around the world, it is inappropriate to use the term ‘war' to describe intercollegiate athletics events."[1] Players, students, alumni, and fans have failed to adopt the new name of the rivalry, and even media outlets such as Sports Illustrated[2] and NBC[3] continue to refer to the rivalry as the Border War. Former Kansas coach Don Fambrough expressed his disapproval for the rivalry's politically correct "Border Showdown" rebranding by saying, "It's a goddamn war. And they started it!"[4] Fambrough is the same coach who, when urged by doctors to head across the state line to Kansas City, Missouri for medical attention, exclaimed "I'll die first!"[5]: not to be outdone, Missouri's former basketball coach Norm Stewart would traditionally have his players stay in Kansas City, Missouri before playing at Kansas, going so far as to require the team bus to buy its gasoline at a Missouri filling station and reprimanding players who ate in Kansas, as he did not want to put any money into Kansas' economy.
The Missouri-Kansas football series is the second-most-played rivalry in college football history. The teams first matched up in football on October 31, 1891. Missouri leads the all-time series 54-53-9. There have been 9 ties in the 116 games played.[6][7] Missouri claims the 1911 football game in Columbia, Missouri as the world's first Homecoming.[8]
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[edit] Background
The intense rivalry between the two universities can be traced to the open violence involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery elements that took place in the Kansas Territory and the western frontier towns of Missouri throughout the 1850s. These incidents were attempts by Missouri (a slave state) to influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state. The term Bleeding Kansas is often used to refer to the pre-war conflict, which continued into the Civil War and culminated with the Lawrence Massacre. SI.com supervising producer Dan George summed up the rivalry by stating "It's more than the schools -- it's a state thing going back to the Civil War, when William Quantrill's Confederate guerillas burned Lawrence and murdered nearly 200 people. Neither Missouri nor Kansas folks have forgotten it."[9] Those on the Missouri side are quick to point out that the Jayhawkers were guilty of the same things - crossing into Missouri, leading brutal raids and burning towns, and that Quantrill was part of a group that almost burnt down Columbia due to it being a Union stronghold.
The early athletic matches between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri helped to aid both states in the healing process following the civil war.
Often referred to as one of the most bitter and hateful rivalries in college sports, the 2007 football season brought the origins of the rivalry between the two states back into the spotlight. A t-shirt created by a Missouri alumnus gained national attention with its reference to Quantrill's Raid of 1863.[10] The shirt depicted the burning of Lawrence in 1863 following the raid of William Quantrill and his Bushwhackers against the Jayhawkers of Kansas. The image of Lawrence burning was paired with the word “Scoreboard” and a Mizzou logo. On the back of the shirts, William Quntrill was quoted, saying "Our cause is just." Some Kansas fans interpreted these shirts as supporting slavery. KU supporters returned fire with a shirt depicting abolitionist John Brown with the words, “Kansas: Protecting America from Missouri since 1854.”[11] Tensions often run high between fans during games between the teams: Kansas fans are likely to show up to events wearing "Muck Fizzou" shirts (although KU administration has tried to discourage its students from wearing these), while a popular Missouri shirt reminds fans that one cannot spell a derogatory term for fellatio without "kU". In the same vein, Missouri's traditional "M-I-Z Z-O-U" chant is altered to a slightly more profane version, as is Kansas' famed "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant.
[edit] Points System
| Missouri (4) | Kansas (2) |
|---|---|
| 2003, 2005 2007, 2008 |
2004, 2006 |
Beginning in the 2002–2003 season, the series was memorialized in a sponsored contest, under which points were awarded for athletic contests between the two schools. Only sports where both schools compete are eligible for the contests, and because Kansas fields fewer teams than Missouri, several of Missouri's sports (such as gymnastics, men's swimming and wrestling) do not count in the Border Showdown statistics. Bonus points are awarded for matchups that take place in post-season competition (Big 12 or NCAA tournaments). Between 0.5 and 3.0 points are awarded per matchup, with approximately 24-27 matchups taking place per academic year. The Border Showdown moniker is applied most publicly to the annual football and basketball games. Missouri currently leads the Showdown series 4-2.[12] Missouri won the 2008 showdown, 24-15.[13]
[edit] Indian War Drum
The winner of the football game receives the informally arranged Indian War Drum traveling trophy.[14]
The trophy originated in 1935 when alumni from both schools bought a drum from a Kansas City pawnshop to stir up interest in the game. When the trophy disappeared in the 1980s, the Taos Indians of New Mexico built a new one. The original trophy was later recovered in a Read Hall basement in Columbia under a pile of boxes and it is now in the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1999, at the urging of Kansas the drum was replaced again with a bass drum and the second drum became the property of the Mizzou Alumni Association.
The Kansas and Missouri athletics and alumni associations’ logos are on opposite ends. While in Missouri the Alumni Association and Student Board keep the trophy. While in Kansas it is kept by the Student Alumni Association there.
[edit] Football
Although officially the series stands with Missouri leading the series at 54-53-9 (1891–present; not played in 1918 due to an epidemic), there is an ongoing dispute about whether another win should have been counted for Kansas. In 1960, Kansas won the game, but later had to forfeit the game due to the use of an ineligible player, Bert Coan. Though Kansas counts the 1960 game as a win, Missouri, and the NCAA do not.[6]
Through 2007, Missouri has an all-time football record of 594-503-52 (.541), with 25 bowl games and 11 bowl victories, while Kansas has an all-time record of 545-535-58 (.504), with 4 bowl victories in 10 bowl games.
- The Tigers and Jayhawks first met on the gridiron on Halloween in 1891 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Jayhawks pulled out a 22-10 win in that first game.
- In 1909–1910, both squads entered the game undefeated (Missouri at 6-0-1, and Kansas at 8-0). Two dropkick field goals propelled the Tigers to a 12-6 victory, an undefeated season, and a Missouri Valley title.
- 19 of the first 20 games were played in Kansas City, with the 1907 contest played in St. Joseph. In 1911, the game began to be played on the respective college campuses, where it would be played (with the exception of 1944 and 1945, when it was played in Kansas City, MO) for the next 94 years. The 1911 game was played in Columbia, Missouri, and alumni from MU were asked to "come home" to Rollins Field, giving rise to the tradition of homecoming. That first homecoming game resulted in a 3-3 tie between the schools.
- Kansas held the early advantage in the series, with a 14-4-4 advantage from 1891 through 1922. The Tigers rebounded with a 10-5-1 record in the next 16 years, but Kansas led 5-0-1 during the next 6 years (1939–1944), holding the Tigers scoreless each year.
- The Tigers dominated the series for the next 35 years through 1979, holding an advantage over Kansas of 24-8-3. During that period, Kansas only had two 2 game winning streaks, while Missouri held winning streaks of 5 games, 4 games, and 3 games (3 times).
- The series has been relatively even since 1980, with Kansas holding a 14-13 edge. The last six years, 2001–2006, have seen the squads split, with both picking up 3 wins a piece. With their 36-28 victory in 2007, Missouri won the latest game.
- In late 2006, the schools signed a two-year agreement to play the game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. While the capacity of the Kansas City Chiefs home ground at Arrowhead (79,451) is much bigger than either Memorial Stadium in Lawrence (50,000) or Faurot Field (68,000), many fans of both schools, and merchants in both Columbia and Lawrence, have expressed reservations about the move, since it requires each to give up a home game. While a much larger percentage of all Jayhawk fans are in the Kansas City metropolitan area than the percentage of all Tiger fans, and many Missouri season ticket holders come from St. Louis, attendance is expected to be relatively even between both schools.
- On November 24, 2007, the two teams entered the game both ranked in the top five in the nation. Kansas was ranked #2 and Missouri was ranked #4. Missouri won the game 36-28 at Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, with a near-record 80,537 people in attendance; the second-highest crowd at the stadium since its opening in 1972, and therefore became #1 in both the Bowl Championship Series and Associated Press polls.
(Missouri leads series 54-53-9)
1891 Kansas 22-10**
1892 Kansas 12-4**
1893 Missouri 12-4**
1894 Kansas 18-12**
1895 Missouri 10-6**
1896 Kansas 30-0**
1897 Missouri 16-0**
1898 Kansas 12-0**
1899 Kansas 34-6**
1900 6-6**
1901 Missouri 18-12**
1902 Kansas 17-5**
1903 Kansas 5-0**
1904 Kansas 29-0**
1905 Kansas 24-0**
1906 0-0**
1907 Kansas 4-0*
1908 Kansas 10-4**
1909 Missouri 12-6**
1910 5-5**
1911 3-3
1912 Kansas 12-3
1913 Missouri 3-0
1914 Missouri 10-7
1915 Kansas 8-6
1916 Missouri 13-0
1917 Kansas 27-3
1919 Missouri 13-6
1920 Missouri 16-7
1921 Kansas 15-9
1922 Missouri 9-7
1924 Missouri 14-0
1925 Kansas 10-7
1926 Missouri 15-0
1927 Kansas 14-7
1928 Missouri 25-6
1929 Missouri 7-0
1930 Kansas 32-0
1931 Kansas 14-0
1932 Kansas 7-0
1933 Kansas 27-0
1934 Kansas 20-0
1935 0-0
1936 Missouri 19-3
1937 0-0
1938 Missouri 13-7
1939 Missouri 20-0
1940 Missouri 45-20
1941 Missouri 45-6
1942 Missouri 42-13
1943 Kansas 20-19
1944 Missouri 28-0**
1945 Missouri 33-12**
1946 Kansas 20-19
1947 Kansas 20-14
1948 Missouri 21-7
1949 Missouri 34-28
1950 Missouri 20-6
1951 Kansas 41-28
1952 Missouri 20-19
1953 Missouri 10-6
1954 Missouri 41-18
1955 Kansas 13-7
1956 Missouri 15-13
1957 Kansas 9-7
1958 13-13
1959 Missouri 13-9
1960 Kansas 23-7+
1961 Missouri 10-7
1962 3-3
1963 Missouri 9-6
1964 Missouri 34-14
1965 Missouri 44-20
1966 Missouri 7-0
1967 Kansas 17-6
1968 Kansas 21-19
1969 Missouri 69-21
1970 Missouri 28-17
1971 Kansas 7-2
1972 Kansas 28-17
1973 Kansas 14-13
1974 Missouri 27-3
1975 Kansas 42-24
1976 Kansas 41-14
1977 Kansas 24-22
1978 Missouri 48-0
1979 Missouri 55-7
1980 Missouri 31-6
1981 Kansas 19-11
1982 Missouri 16-10
1983 Kansas 37-27
1984 Kansas 35-21
1985 Kansas 34-20
1986 Missouri 48-0
1987 Missouri 19-7
1988 Missouri 55-17
1989 Kansas 46-44
1990 Missouri 31-21
1991 Kansas 53-29
1992 Missouri 22-17
1993 Kansas 28-0
1994 Kansas 31-14
1995 Kansas 42-23
1996 Missouri 42-25
1997 Kansas 15-7
1998 Missouri 41-23
1999 Kansas 21-0
2000 Kansas 38-17
2001 Missouri 38-34
2002 Missouri 36-12
2003 Kansas 35-21
2004 Kansas 31-14
2005 Kansas 13-3
2006 Missouri 42-17
2007 Missouri 36-28**
2008 Kansas at Missouri
* Game was played at St. Joseph MO. ** Game was played in Kansas City Mo. + Game was forfeited to Missouri due to ineligible player
Largest KU win: 32-0 (1930) Largest MU win: 48-0 (4 times 1969, 1978, 1979, 1986)
[edit] Basketball
Kansas leads the all-time series, 163-93. KU has won six of the last eight meetings and 11 of the past 14.
- 1906-07 - Missouri began the basketball border showdown in Columbia against the Jayhawks with a 34-31 triumph, and the following day followed it up with a 34-12 beating. This left Missouri with a 2-0 all time record against basketball's founder, and Kansas' first coach, James Naismith.
- 1909–1910 - Each of the basketball teams had players from the team's football squad (Tommy Johnson for Kansas, and Ted Hackney for Missouri). The players picked up where they left off from the gridiron, playing a rough and tumble style that, some stories say, caused James Naismith to exclaim, when viewing the second contest between the two, "Oh, my gracious! They are murdering my game!" Kansas won both meetings.
- 1922 - Kansas and Missouri split their conference games, tying for the Missouri valley title at 15-1. Although Missouri's committee on intercollegiate athletics challenged Kansas to a one game playoff at a neutral site, Phog Allen refused to accept, leaving the decision to Kansas' athletic board and Chancellor, who declined. While no national champions were actually crowned until 1938 when the first national tournament was held, in 1936 Kansas was retroactively awarded a Helms Foundation National Championship.
- 1923 - Kansas achieved its first regular season sweep of Missouri in 10 years and won the Missouri Valley at 16-0. In 1936 Kansas was awarded a second Helms Foundation National Championship for 1923.
- 1951-52 - In the Big Seven Holiday Tournament title game, KU wins a 75-65 decision, and Clyde Lovellette plants his foot into the stomach of Tiger guard Win Wilfong. Municipal Auditorium erupts in fury, but Mizzou coach Sparky Stalcup quiets the crowd and encourages sportsmanship on their part. Lovellette is ejected, but Coach Stalcup receives his warmly at the end of the game, as does Wilfong, to the amazement of Kansas coach Phog Allen.
- 1961 - During a KU loss to Mizzou in Lawrence, a bench-clearing fistfight erupts between the two teams. Afterward, KU athletic director Dutch Lonborg suggests the schools discontinue the rivalry.
- 1971 - Kansas defeats Missouri, 72-68 in overtime, to win the final game ever played at MU's Brewer Fieldhouse. It brings the Jayhawks one step closer to a perfect Big 8 record (they later beat Nebraska to achieve the 14-0 mark.)
- 1972 – with Kansas having a poor season and Missouri trying for a Big 8 title, Bud Stallworth scored 50 points in the final regular season game of the year in a 93-80 Kansas win at Allen Fieldhouse.
- 1987 - MU and KU face off in the title game of the Big Eight Tournament. KU's Danny Manning elbows MU's Derrick Cheivous in the eye by accident. Cheivous nonetheless leads his Tigers to the 1987 Big Eight Tournament championship.
- 1989 – Missouri registered the largest victory by a visitor in Allen Fieldhouse, winning 91-66 over probation-riddled Kansas under first-year coach Roy Williams.
- 1990 - The two teams meet in Allen Fieldhouse, with KU #1 and Mizzou #2. The Tigers win, 77-71.
- 1995 – Kansas became the first visiting team to score 100 points in the Hearnes Center, winning 102-89.
- 1997 – Missouri spoiled the Jayhawks' dream of an undefeated season, winning 96-94 in double overtime at the Hearnes Center.
- 2002 - Kansas becomes the first Big 12 team to go a perfect 16-0 through the conference, concluding the season with a 95-92 win in Columbia.
- 2003 - During halftime of the KU-Texas basketball game, former MU coach Norm Stewart is presented a rocking chair by KU. A common chant in Allen Fieldhouse during "Stormin' Norm's" days with the Tigers was "Sit Down, Norm!" whenever he would jump off the bench to argue a call. For the first - and only - time ever, the Fieldhouse crowd told him to "sit down, Norm!" good-naturedly.
- 2004 – Kansas won the final game at the Hearnes Center 84-82 on David Padgett's basket with 2 seconds left.
- 2006 - Missouri upsets Kansas in overtime when KU's Christian Moody misses two straight free throws with 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation. Afterward, however, the Tigers collapse, Quin Snyder resigns as coach, and in the rematch in Lawrence, Kansas crushes MU 79-46.
- 2007 - In Lawrence, Kansas freshman Sherron Collins came off the bench for 23 points to thwart Missouri's upset bid in an 80-77 win, the first MU-KU game for new Tiger coach Mike Anderson. In Columbia, the Jayhawks' Julian Wright scored a career-best 33 in a 92-74 win, KU's first victory over the Tigers in Mizzou Arena. The game was played on the one-year anniversary of the resignation of Missouri coach Quin Snyder.
- 2008 - Brandon Rush scored 19 points to lead a balanced Kansas offensive attack as the fourth-ranked Jayhawks raced to a 90-71 win against Missouri in Big 12 basketball action Monday night. Kansas swept the Tigers in the series this year.
[edit] Baseball
MU currently leads the showdown with a total of 177 wins out of 265 games played against the Jayhawks. [15]
[edit] References
- ^ LJWorld.com / ‘Border War' no more; KU-MU series retitled
- ^ SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: Border War veterans exchange blows and much more - Wednesday November 21, 2007 1:28PM
- ^ Opinion: Border War never mattered more - College football - MSNBC.com
- ^ SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: Border War veterans exchange blows and much more - Wednesday November 21, 2007 1:28PM
- ^ Opinion: Border War never mattered more - College football - MSNBC.com
- ^ a b "[1]". mutigers.com - All-Time Big 12 Opponents.
- ^ "[2]". "Big12sports.com".
- ^ Columbia Missourian - Tradition's beginnings mysterious
- ^ SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: Border War veterans exchange blows and much more - Wednesday November 21, 2007 1:28PM
- ^ We Burned Your Town To The Ground! - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog
- ^ Columbia Missourian - Unlicensed T-shirts bring the MU-KU rivalry up a notch
- ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Athletics
- ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Athletics
- ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Traditions
- ^ "[3]". mutigers.com - All-Time Baseball Opponents.
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