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1931 Kansas State Wildcats Football Team
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The 1931 Kansas State Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Kansas State University during the 1931 college football season as a member of the Big Six Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Bo McMillin, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 8–2, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play. Schedule References Kansas State Kansas State Wildcats football seasons Kansas State Wildcats football The Kansas State Wildcats football program (variously Kansas State, K-State or KSU) is the college football, intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Kansas State Wildcats, Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA, while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference (now the Big Ten Conference). The conference was dissolved in 1996. Its membership at its dissolution consisted of the University of Nebraska, Iowa State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University. The Big Eight’s headquarters were located in Kansas City, Missouri. In February 1994, the Big Eight and the Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Team ...
The 1931 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its first season under head coach Greasy Neale, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 122 to 91. The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. John Doyle was the team captain.2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169. Schedule References {{West Virginia Mountaineers football navbox West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers football seasons West Virginia Mountaineers football The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University (also referred to as "WVU" or "West Virginia") in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Milan Puskar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Big Six Conference Football Season
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Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River. Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for Cattle drives in the United States, cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname "Cowtown".Miner, Prof. Craig (Wichita State Univ. Dept. of History), ''Wichita: The Magic City'', Wichita Historical Museum Association, Wichita, KS, 1988Howell, Angela and Peg Vines, ''The Insider's Guide to Wichita'', Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing, Wichita, KS, 1995 Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for around one year before going to Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka ( ; Kansa language, Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the Capital (political), capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the County seat, seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka Topeka, Kansas metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson County, Kansas, Jackson, Jefferson County, Kansas, Jefferson, Osage County, Kansas, Osage, and Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yager Stadium At Moore Bowl
Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl is a sport stadium in Topeka, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by Washburn University for college football and men's and women's soccer teams. The stadium currently hosts the Kansas State High School Activities Association The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the U.S. state of Kansas at the high school, high-school level. It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, ... Class 6A state championship game. Previously just called the Moore Bowl, the stadium was re-dedicated in 2002 and named for former Washburn player Gary Yager at the request of an anonymous donor. "Moore Bowl Facts" by Floyd Lee, November 3, 2002 References Ex ...
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1931 North Dakota Agricultural Bison Football Team
The 1931 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1931 college football season. In its third season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–2 against NCC opponents) and tied for second place out of five teams in the NCC. The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in .... Schedule References {{North Dakota State Bison football navbox North Dakota Agricultural North Dakota State Bison football seasons North Dakota Agricultural Bison football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas State–Nebraska Football Rivalry
The Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Kansas State Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers. The schools first met as non-conference opponents in 1911, and then played a conference game annually from 1922 to 2010, first in the Big Eight and later in the Big 12. The rivalry dissolved when Nebraska left the Big 12 for the Big Ten in 2011. With only 135 miles separating the two schools, Nebraska and Kansas State were the nearest cross-border schools in both the Big Eight and Big 12 conferences. History The 1939 meeting between Kansas State and Nebraska was televised in Manhattan, making it the second-ever televised college football game. In 1992, the teams met in the Coca-Cola Classic at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Nebraska defeated Kansas State 38–24 to clinch the Big Eight championship. When the Big Eight merged with the Southwest Conference in 1996, Nebraska and Kansas State were placed into the Big 12 North division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team
The 1931 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Big Six Conference during the 1931 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dana X. Bible, the team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Big Six championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 136 to 82. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Before the season Coach Bible was coming off his second season with the bitter taste of a humbling 4-3-2 record from 1930, Nebraska's worst in over a decade. Although his first season had brought home a league title, it now wasn't clear if that was a one-off success or if he could reproduce the feat. In addition, the coaching staff was reduced to five from the seven on staff in 1930. Schedule Roster Coaching staff Game summaries South Dakota It had been nine years since Nebraska had faced the Coyotes in a 66-0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa State–Kansas State Football Rivalry
The Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Kansas State Wildcats every year since 1917, making it the among the longest continuous series in college football history as of 2020, as well as ''the'' single-longest ''never''-interrupted rivalry in college football. Because so many college football rivalries were interrupted by the 2020 Covid pandemic, Iowa State/Kansas State and UCLA/Cal are now the ''only'' two never-interrupted rivalries that still exist in the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I college football The October 2016 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams have met. History The teams first met in 1917, when both universities were members of the erstwhile Missouri Valley Conference. The match-up continued as an annual conference game through the schools' shift into the Big 12 Conference. The series has been dominated by long winning streaks for both teams, with each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medicine colleges. A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus. According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth largest city. Iowa State University was home to 33,391 students as of fall 2019, which make up approximately one half of the city's population. Ames also hosts United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sites: the largest federal animal disease center in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC), as well as one of two national USDA sites for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the Center for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Williams Field
Clyde Williams Field was an outdoor stadium on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It was the home of the Iowa State Cyclones football and track and field teams. It was originally built in 1914–15, just south of the recently completed State Gym. It originally held 5,000 spectators, but expansions in 1925, 1930, 1932, 1961 and 1966 brought the final capacity up to approximately 35,000. The stadium was the home of the Cyclones football team from its completion until 1975, when Jack Trice Stadium opened in the newly built Iowa State Center The Iowa State Center is located just southeast of Iowa State University's central campus in Ames, Iowa. It is a complex of cultural and athletic venues. The Center consists of the following: Hilton Coliseum, Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater ... complex to the south of the main campus. Clyde Williams Field was razed in 1978. The site is now occupied by Eaton and Martin Halls, two residence halls constructed in 2002 and 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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