Kansas at Missouri

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, December 1, 1922, page 1

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  MISSOURI 9, KANSAS I Thanksgiving Day Game Was Tenth Victory for the Tigers. Victory for the Tigers. Columbia, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The Jay hawker. feathers are dropping this morning. The Tiger is triumphant, and boastfu1. The Kansas Jayhawker invaded the lair of the Tiger here Thursday afternoon, and went back with its feathers plucked, its head dropping and its spirit crushed 1t was triumphant battle for the Tiger, when it came out on top of a to 8 score, and added the tenth victory for the Missouri university eleven over the Kansas team. The Tiger team that could not win sent the Jayhawlzer home a wiser and a defeated bird. 1t was beaten, and that by a team that many declared could not. win The Kansas eleven. rated as one of the best in the valley, went down to- defeat before a clan of young players at Columbia who start ed the season by a defeat to Nebraska, As to 0. 1t was AL Lincoln and Spurgeen, backs, on Missouri and Kansas, respectively, who were the most talked of players of the two teams. here Thursday night and early this morn ing. Lincoln was the idol of the Missouri, fans, and Spurgeon was blamed for losing the game for Kansas. It was he who caused Kansas to get a penalty, putting the ball on the Kansas 2-yard line. Missouri gives lot of credit to this victory to Bill Roper, the Princeton coach, who came to Missouri a few days ago to put some pep into the Tiger men. He did just that. It was a Princeton football team against Kansas ThursdayS~and those who eat turkey years from now, and watch Kansas and Missouri play in future years, will discuss the work of that former. Missouri coach who came all the way from Princeton to give the Tigers that something that meant

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  Bisbee daily review, December 1, 1922, page 3

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  Missouri Tigers Defeat Kansas in Sensational Game COLUMBIA, Mo, Nov. 30.-(By the Associated Press)-The Missouri Fig CT fought back today against the odds which favored Kansas and won. 9 to ‘ In game crammed with thrills and threats. with 12.OO0 persons standing through the downpour of a cold driz- zle the Tigers took a lead with Lin colns touchdown in the second period strengthened with a AS yard field goal by Lincoln and held firm against the Jayhawker sallies which threatened to bring victory to the Kansas in the fourth period after Sturgeon had gone across for a touchdown and Wilson had made good the try for point with a place kick in the third. The Tigers started with a rush. For two periods they kept the bell almost entirely in Kansas territory and not until the third quarter did they allow the Jayhawkers a single first down in scrimmage. Then, with the ball on the Tiger 9 yard line, Sturgeon took Will sons short pass over the line of scrim mage and broke away for touchdown Missouri’s touchdown came after a march down the field followed by a penalty against the Jayhawkers, which gave the Tigers the ball just at the edge of the chalk mark.

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Officially, Missouri leads 59–⁠54–⁠9 by Missouri’s count and 58–⁠55–⁠9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–⁠48–⁠8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.