1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game

August 2023 Cooper vs. FairmountFirst night football game west of the Mississippi River 1905 Cooper Barrelmakers Sterling Warriors Fairmount Wheatshockers Fairmount College unknown Willis Bates 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 October 6, 1905 Association Park Wichita, Kansas The 1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game was a college football game between the 1905 Cooper Barrelmakers Cooper Barrelmakers of Coopper College (now Sterling College) and the 1905 Fairmount Wheatshockers Fairmount Wheatshockers of Fairmount College (now Wichita State University) played on October 6, 1905, at Association Park in Wichita, Kansas.https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=cooper+fairmount+coleman+football&oq=cooper+fairmount+coleman+football&gs_l=hp.3...5267.6273.1.6523.9.8.0.0.0.0.174.1054.1j7.8.0.les%3Beqn%2Crate_low%3D0-035%2Crate_high%3D0-035%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Ccconf%3D1-2%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D1%2Cignore_bad_origquery%3Dtrue%2Conetoken%3Dfalse..0.0...1c.1.x7dAGfh0O-k&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=8c4d5c05325012e4&bpcl=38897761&biw=1024&bih=637 Wichita State University Libraries' Department of Special Collections Fairmount College Football Game Played By Light of Coleman Lanterns, October 6, 1905 November 24, 2012 The game was played at night under gas lamps as a demonstration by the Coleman Company and was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River.http://www.coleman.com/FirstLight/ FIRST LIGHT (1900 – 1929) Coleman Company November 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130318011659/http://www.coleman.com/FirstLight March 18, 2013 dead Fairmount won by a score of 24–0. Night Football Not A Success https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon/187671479/ The Wichita Beacon Wichita, Kansas October 7, 1905 4 December 28, 2025 Newspapers.com Fairmount Won From Cooper https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/187670998/ The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, Kansas October 7, 1905 7 December 28, 2025 Newspapers.com http://www.sterling.edu/125/history/details Sterling College Detailed History November 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130127154905/http://www.sterling.edu/125/history/details January 27, 2013 Aftermath Several other attempts had been made in the eastern United States toward the means of playing football at night, beginning in 1892 with the first night football game that ended at halftime.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111701688.html The Washington Post Good Night November 18, 2006 Since that game, other attempts in the east grew to be successful, but this was the first time such an attempt was made west of the Mississippi River. The use of lighting was considered successful.http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-bypaths-of-kansas-history-november-1940/12839 Kansas State Historical Society ADDENDA TO "COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN KANSAS" March 20, 2013 See also 1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football game Timeline of college football in Kansas References Category:1905 college football season vs. Cooper 1905 vs. Fairmount 1905 Category:1905 in sports in Kansas Category:October 1905 sports events in the United States