Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State football rivalry

Missouri Western Griffons

Northwest Missouri Bearcats

Sport

Football

First meeting

September 19, 1981
Missouri Western 20, Northwest 8

Latest meeting

November 1, 2014
Northwest Missouri 40, Missouri Western 3

Next meeting

November 12, 2016

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Northwest leads, 27–11

Largest victory

Northwest Missouri, 42–0 (2010)

Longest win streak

Northwest Missouri, 8 (2004–10)

Current win streak

Northwest Missouri, 4 (2013–present)

Missouri Western

Northwest Missouri

Locations in Missouri

The Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State football rivalry between the Missouri Western Griffons football team and Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team is between two Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association NCAA Division II rivals that are less than 50 miles apart.

The schools off the field are constantly competing for state funds in the same market ever since Missouri Western expanded from a junior college to a four-year college in 1969 fulfilling a Missouri governor Warren Hearnes campaign promise to build the school St. Joseph, Missouri (2000 population 73,912).^[1]^[2] At the time Northwest at Maryville (2000 population 10,581) founded in 1905 was the sole four-year state college in northwest Missouri.

In 1988 the state under John Ashcroft recommended that Northwest be closed altogether.^[3]

In the wake of the ultimately abandoned proposal both schools have considerably ramped up their football programs with Northwest appearing in seven NCAA Division II National Football Championships (winning three) while Missouri Western has lured the Kansas City Chiefs to the campus for its summer training camp starting in 2010.

The rivalry on the field is a big draw. The biggest crowds at Spratt Stadium are 10,129 in 2009 and 9,007 in 2007.^[4] A crowd of 9,346 attended the September 13, 2008 game—the second biggest at Northwest's Bearcat Stadium.^[5] The 2010 game was attended by 10,805 the biggest in the stadium history.^[6]

Game results

Missouri Western victories	Northwest Missouri State victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	Sept. 19, 1981	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	20–8
2	Sept. 18, 1982	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	17–14
3	Sept. 17, 1983	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	19–9
4	Sept. 22, 1984	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	30–27
5	Sept. 21, 1985	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–18
6	Sept. 20, 1986	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	27–16
7	Sept. 19, 1987	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	20–17
8	Sept. 17, 1988	Pittsburg, KS	Missouri Western	27–16
9	Sept. 2, 1989	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	45–29
10	Sept. 1, 1990	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	47–25
11	Oct. 26, 1991	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	49–26
12	Oct. 24, 1992	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	43–26
13	Sept. 18, 1993	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	21–14
14	Sept. 17, 1994	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	20–0
15	Sept. 14, 1995	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	24–20
16	Oct. 19, 1996	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–24
17	Sept. 27, 1997	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	52–13
18	Sept. 26, 1998	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	45–32
19	Oct. 9, 1999	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	38–34
20	Oct. 7, 2000	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	46–27
21	Nov. 3, 2001	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	37–30
22	Nov. 9, 2002	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	13–10
23	Oct. 25, 2003	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	30–27
24	Oct. 16, 2004	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–13
25	Sept. 17, 2005	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–21
26	Sept. 23, 2006	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–21
27	Sept. 15, 2007	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	44–20
28	Sept. 13, 2008	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	42–35
29	Oct. 3, 2009	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	49–35
30	Oct. 2, 2010	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	42–0
31	Nov. 20, 2010	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	28–24^A
32	Nov. 5, 2011	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–28
33	Nov. 19, 2011	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	35–29^A
34	Nov. 10, 2012	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	21–20
35	Nov. 16, 2013	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	51–21
36	Nov. 1, 2014	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	40–3
37	Oct. 31, 2015	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–10
38	Nov. 12, 2016	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	44–3
Series: Northwest Missouri State leads 27–11

^A During the 2010 and 2011 college football seasons, the Griffons and Bearcats played twice; in this case, the second meeting was in the playoffs.

References

↑ "A History of Missouri". google.com.
↑ Hearnes instrumental in Western’s BIRTH stjoenews.net - August 18, 2009
↑ "ST. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper Archives". newsbank.com.
↑ Missouri Western Media Guide 2009 - gogriffins.com
↑ Northwest Missouri Media Guide 2009 - nwmissouri.edu
↑ Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

Missouri Western Griffons football

Venues	Spratt Stadium (1979–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Northwest Missouri State

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 2016

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 2016

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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