The military bases played the game first.
This is direct from the Univ of Missouri website... Mizzou is the University's nickname and is pronounced mah-ZOO. The word Mizzou is an example of clipping. That means that a longer word, Missouri, got shortened (or clipped) to Mizzou, which is similar but shorter. No one is sure who first used the word Mizzou, but it was used in the Missouri Alumni Quarterly as early as 1906. The University uses the word Mizzou often. A number of print and online publications incorporate the affectionate nickname including our alumni magazine called MIZZOU, our monthly e-newsletter @Mizzou, the faculty and staff newspaper Mizzou Weekly, and our junior high science magazine called Mizzou Magic. It also has a number of fun uses such as a cheer at football and basketball games in which people on one side of the stadium shout M-I-Z, and the other side replies Z-O-U. S. C. Smith, Pensacola FL
The first homecoming game was hosted at the University of Missouri in 1911 between the Mizzou Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks. The game ended in a tie at 3-3.
The first official source of college football news was the NCAA. The first college football game was between Princeton and Rutgers University in 1869.
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The first football season started in 1887.
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Ira Pratt in 1896.
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yes. You must make the team first though.
The name of the football team at the University of Kansas is "Jayhawks". Their first season was back in 1890. Their home stadium is called "Memorial Stadium".
College football was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States. College football remains extremely popular today among students, alumni, and other fans of the sport.