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2014 Emporia State Hornets Football Team
The 2014 Emporia State Hornets football team represented Emporia State University in the 2014 NCAA Division II football season. The Hornets played their home games on Jones Field at Francis G. Welch Stadium, in Emporia, Kansas as they have done since 1937. 2014 was the 121st season in school history. The Hornets were led by head coach Garin Higgins, who finished his 14th overall season, and eighth overall at Emporia State. Emporia State is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Preseason outlook ''Sporting News'' released their Top-25 on June 10, 2014. The Hornets were placed #22. Two days later the ''Lindy's NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25'' was released, where the Hornets were placed at #13, nine spots higher than the ''Sporting News'' ranking. The conference rankings were released on August 5. Emporia State was ranked 4th in the Coaches Poll and 3rd in the Media Poll. On August 18, the AFCA poll was released. Emporia State was ranked at #22. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garin Higgins
Garin Higgins (born October 11, 1968) is an American football college coach and former player. Higgins is the head football coach at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, a position he has held since the 2007 season. Higgins previously served as the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 2000 to 2004. His Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers football, Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers finished as runners-up in the NAIA Football National Championship in 2000 and 2003. Higgins worked as co-offensive coordinator at Minnesota State University, Mankato and offensive coordinator at Northeastern State University in 2006. Early life Higgins was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on October 11, 1968, where he was an all-state quarterback for the Blackwell High School football team. After graduating high school in 1987, Higgins attended Emporia State University, where he was the quarterback for the football team. While at Emporia State, Higgins helped lead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Lindenwood Lions Football Team
The Lindenwood Lions football team represents Lindenwood University in football. Lindenwood is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The Lions were provisional members of the NCAA Division I FCS for the 2022 season before becoming an active member during the 2023–2024 academic year. Lindenwood was previously a member of the NAIA and played in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) from 1996 to 2010. The Lions play in Harlen C. Hunter Stadium on the campus of Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, which has a seating capacity of 7,450. History Early history and NAIA years Lindenwood University football began in 1990 under head coach David Schroeder. LU competed as an independent for the first four seasons. The program's first win came in the first ever football for the university on September 8, 1990 when the Lions defeated Dana College. The Lions finished the inaugural season with a record of 6–4. Despite a 3–5–0 start to the first half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska–Kearney Lopers Football
The Nebraska–Kearney Lopers football program represents the University of Nebraska at Kearney in college football and competes in the NCAA Division II. In 2012, Nebraska–Kearney became a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and has remained in the league. UNK's home games are played at Ron & Carol Cope Stadium in Kearney, Nebraska. History Nebraska–Kearney's football program dates back to 1905 when the program went 0–5–1. Since their inaugural season the Lopers claim 32 conference championships. Conference affiliations * 1916–1927 Nebraska College Athletic Conference * 1928–1942 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association * 1943–1975 Nebraska College Conference * 1976–1989 Central States Intercollegiate Conference * 1990–1995 NCAA Division II independent * 1996–2011 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference * 2012–present: Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Football
The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football program represents Northwest Missouri State University in college football. They participate in Division II sports within the NCAA. The team plays their home games at Bearcat Stadium, located on campus in Maryville, Missouri. They have appeared in ten NCAA Division II national title games – winning six – since going 0–11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994. The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 20 seasons and have also won or shared 30 MIAA titles. Northwest Missouri State plays its games at Bearcat Stadium, built in 1917, and the oldest NCAA Division II stadium still in use. The field was expanded to 6,500 seats and a video screen was added in 2003 after Tjeerdsma began his run. This screen was replaced in 2014 by a 20-foot by 40-foot high-resolution screen with the scoreboard attached underneath. Previously, Northwest Missouri played its games with Pittsburg State University at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mi ... [...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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Emporia State–Washburn Football Rivalry
The Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry, commonly referred to as the Turnpike Tussle, is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the Emporia State Hornets football team of Emporia State University from Emporia, Kansas, and the Washburn Ichabods football team of Washburn University from Topeka, Kansas. Both schools currently compete in the NCAA Division II level, and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Emporia State currently leads the series 59–53–2. The Turnpike Tussle is the second-oldest active NCAA Division II rivalry. Prior to joining the MIAA (Washburn in 1989, Emporia State 1991), both schools have competed in the same conferences with the exception of 1935 to 1940 when Washburn was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. History Emporia State University opened its doors in 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, with Washburn University opening its doors two years later in 1865 as the Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washburn Ichabods Football
The Washburn Ichabods football program represents Washburn University in college football. They participate in Division II sports within the NCAA. The team plays their home games in Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl, located on the Washburn campus in Topeka, Kansas. Washburn's football program dates back to 1891. The Ichabods claimed one MIAA conference championship in 2005, but 12 conference championships all together. Under Craig Schurig, the Ichabods have appeared in the Division II playoffs in 2005, 2007, and 2011; and competed in bowl games in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2017. History Schurig era Post-season play Championships Conference championships Source: All-time record vs. current MIAA teams Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current MIAA opponents as of the end of the 2015 season: Stadium The Ichabods have played their home games in Yager Stadium since 1928. Notable players *Pierre Desir - NFL cornerba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSMO-TV
KSMO-TV (channel 62) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate KCTV (channel 5). Both stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway, Kansas, while KSMO-TV's transmitter is located in Independence, Missouri. KSMO-TV also serves as the default MyNetworkTV affiliate for the St. Joseph market, which borders the northern portions of the Kansas City market, as that market does not currently have an affiliate of the programming service. The station is available in that market on cable providers (including Suddenlink Communications) and on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network; its transmitter also produces a city-grade signal that reaches St. Joseph proper and rural areas in the market's central and southern counties. Since KCJO-LD (channel 30) converted into a CBS affiliate on June 1, 2017, the St. Joseph market now has over-the-air access to five of the six major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spratt Stadium
Spratt Memorial Stadium, also known as Craig Field at Spratt Stadium, is a 7,500 seat stadium in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States, on the campus of Missouri Western State University. In 2010, it became the summer training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs. History Spratt opened in 1979. Previously Missouri Western played at municipal owned Noyes Field by Central High School. It is named for Elliot Spratt, an executive with Hillyard, Inc. whose family has donated money for numerous buildings on the campus. Missouri Western opened stadium with a 44-0 victory over Dana College. Initial cost was $850,000 Lights were added in 1985. In 2006 its grass turf was replaced by artificial turf manufactured by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based ProGrass Synthetic Turf Systems The stadium initially could seat 6,000 but was expanded in 2009 to accommodate 7,500. There is grass seating on an adjoining hill. The biggest crowds are for the Northwest Missouri-Missouri Western football rivalry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Western State Griffons Football
The Missouri Western Griffons football program represents Missouri Western State University in college football and competes in the Division II level (D-II) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). In 1989, Missouri Western became a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which was renamed the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), and has remained in the league. Missouri Western's home games are played at Spratt Stadium in St. Joseph, Missouri. Missouri Western's football program dates back to 1970. The Griffons won two conference championships, in 2003 and 2012. Under Jerry Partridge the Griffons have appeared in the Division II playoffs in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2012. The team is coached by Tyler Fenwick, who enters his first season in 2023. History Conference affiliations * Central States Intercollegiate Conference (1976–1988) * Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (1989–present) Conference champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Hays State Tigers Football
The Fort Hays State Tigers football program represents Fort Hays State University in college football. They participate in Division II sports within the NCAA in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). The team plays their home games in Lewis Field Stadium, located on the Fort Hays State University campus in Hays, Kansas. Fort Hays State's football program dates back to 1902. The Tigers claimed have claimed 11 conference championships, including a recent MIAA conference championship in the 2017 season. Seasons Chris Brown era Championships Conference championships Source: Playoff appearances NCAA Division II The Tigers have made four appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs, with a combined record of 0–4. All-time record vs. current MIAA teams Official record (including any NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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