1951 Central Missouri State vs. Southwestern football game

August 2023 The Rejected Touchdown 1951 Central Missouri State Mules Central Missouri State College Southwestern Moundbuilders Southwestern College (Kansas) 0–0http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=7095&year=1951 College Football Data Warehouse Central Missouri State Results (1951) October 3, 2013 David DeLassus October 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232243/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=7095&year=1951 dead 0–0 Tate C. Page Harold Hunt 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 September 14, 1951 Sonner Stadium Winfield, Kansas 2,000 The 1951 Central Missouri State vs. Southwestern football game was a college football game between the Central Missouri State Mules and the Southwestern Moundbuilders played on September 14, 1951. The game was played at Sonner Stadium in Winfield, Kansas.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6487&year=1951 College Football Data Warehouse Southwestern College Results (1951) October 3, 2013 David DeLassus October 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231327/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6487&year=1951 dead The game is known for a team rejecting a touchdown awarded by the game officials. Central Missouri's head coach Tate C. Page called it "the finest act of sportsmanship" that he ever saw. In the third quarter, Southwestern halfback Arthur Johnson completed a long run down the sidelines nearest Southwestern's bench. The referee signalled a touchdown and the crowd of 2,000 went wild with enthusiasm. Southwestern's head coach Harold Hunt ran out on the field to shout, "Southwestern rejects the touchdown!" He then informed the officials that Johnson had stepped out of bounds, nullifying the touchdown. Not a single one of the referees had been in a position to see him do so, but they agreed to nullify the touchdown and returned the ball to the point where Coach Hunt said Johnson had stepped out. A photo of the run later confirmed Coach Hunt's observation and it was published in the Winfield Daily Courier.https://www.proquest.com/docview/166318789 Los Angeles Times Football's Man of the Year McDermott William F December 9, 1951 H10 October 3, 2013 Referee W. P. Astle noted that there had been only three officials at the game instead of the regulation four. He later said, "If the fourth official had been present to cover what was impossible for me to cover ... I would never have discovered the ‘biggest’ man I ever met." Southwestern's Hunt was nominated for "Football's Man of the Year" by This Week magazine because of this display of sportsmanship.This Week Nominates: Football's Man of the Year https://www.proquest.com/docview/538846756 The Baltimore Sun October 3, 2013 March 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073855/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/doc/538846756.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AAI&type=historic&date=Dec%209%2C%201951&author=&pub=The%20Sun%20%281837-1985%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=THIS%20WEEK%20NOMINATES%3A%20FOOTBALL%27S%20MAN%20OF%20THE%20YEAR live See also Timeline of college football in Kansas References Category:1951 college football season vs. Southwestern 1951 vs. Central Missouri State 1951 Category:September 1951 sports events in the United States Category:1951 in sports in Kansas