Northwest Missouri State–Truman football rivalry

The Northwest Missouri State–Truman football rivalry, also known as the Hickory Stick, is a college football rivalry between NCAA Division II teams Northwest Missouri State University and Truman State University.

Hickory Stick

Northwest Missouri Bearcats Truman Bulldogs
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 30, 1908 Truman 63, Northwest 0
Latest meeting	September 2, 2011 Northwest 65, Truman 3
Trophy	Hickory Stick
Statistics
Meetings total	91
All-time series	Truman leads, 54–33–4
Largest victory	Truman, 92–0 (1916)
Longest win streak	Truman, 11 (1985–1995)
Current win streak	Northwest, 10

Northwest Missouri

Truman

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Locations in Missouri

It is the oldest traveling trophy in Division II football.^[1] No games have been played since 2011, Truman having jumped to the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2012.

The teams, which are founding members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association have been playing each other since 1908. With the expansion of the MIAA in 2012, teams in the league will play in divisions and the two schools are in different MIAA divisions. Consequently, starting in 2012 they would have played each other every other year.^[2]

History

In 1930 Northwest President Uel W. Lamkin proposed the two schools play each other on Veterans Day. The award would be a polished hickory stick which had originally come from the Harrison County, Missouri farm where Northeast president Eugene Fair was born. Harrison County is in the district where students were supposed to go Northwest instead of Northeast.

The stick is two & a half feet long and tapers from a diameter of 1½” to about 1”. It was polished and lettered in the wood shop at Northwest. When it was created it had the scores from all the games since the two started playing in 1908 through 1930. The winner of the game dips the stick in the school color.^[3] The games were played on Veterans Day only in 1931–1933.

Game results At the conclusion of the September 2, 2011 game, Truman has the edge in the series 54–33–4.^[4] Northwest Missouri State victories Truman victories Tie games No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1908 Kirksville, MO Truman 63–0 2 1916 Kirksville, MO Truman 92–0 3 1917 Maryville, MO Truman 35–0 4 1919 Kirksville, MO Truman 87–0 5 1921 Maryville, MO Truman 13–0 6 1922 Maryville, MO Truman 18–0 7 1923 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 15–3 8 1924 Kirksville, MO Truman 14–0 9 1925 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 12–3 10 1926 Kirksville, MO Truman 50–7 11 1927 Maryville, MO Truman 55–6 12 1928 Kirksville, MO Truman 33–7 13 1929 Maryville, MO Truman 7–6 14 1930 Kirksville, MO Truman 20–7 15 1931 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 7–0 16 1932 Kirksville, MO Truman 6–0 17 1933 Maryville, MO Truman 19–0 18 1934 Kirksville, MO Truman 36–0 19 1935 Maryville, MO Truman 20–6 20 1936 Kirksville, MO Truman 7–0 21 1937 Maryville, MO Tie 0–0 22 1938 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 26–7 23 1939 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 19–13 24 1940 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 20–0 25 1941 Maryville, MO Tie 0–0 26 1946 Maryville, MO Truman 12–6 27 1947 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 22–6 28 1948 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–12 29 1949 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 27–20 30 1950 Maryville, MO Tie 13–13 31 1951 Kirksville, MO Truman 13–12 32 1952 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 28–27 33 1953 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–26 34 1954 Maryville, MO Truman 24–20 35 1955 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 6–2 36 1956 Maryville, MO Truman 21–20 37 1957 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–6 38 1958 Maryville, MO Truman 20–19 39 1959 Kirksville, MO Tie 12–12 40 1960 Maryville, MO Truman 26–20 41 1961 Kirksville, MO Truman 35–7 42 1962 Maryville, MO Truman 43–7 43 1963 Kirksville, MO Truman 22–7 44 1964 Maryville, MO Truman 20–8 45 1965 Kirksville, MO Truman 20–14 46 1966 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 24–21 No. Date Location Winner Score 47 1967 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–7 48 1968 Maryville, MO Truman 9–7 49 1969 Kirksville, MO Truman 39–12 50 1970 Kirksville, MO Truman 35–7 51 1971 Maryville, MO Truman 16–3 52 1972 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 10–0 53 1973 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 7–6 54 1974 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–10 55 1975 Maryville, MO Truman 20–0 56 1976 Kirksville, MO Truman 42–10 57 1977 Maryville, MO Truman 31–19 58 1978 Kirksville, MO Truman 27–7 59 1979 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–9 60 1980 Kirksville, MO Truman 14–10 61 1981 Maryville, MO Truman 52–0 62 1982 Kirksville, MO Truman 63–13 63 1983 Maryville, MO Truman 27–21 64 1984 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 42–20 65 1985 Maryville, MO Truman 35–24 66 1986 Kirksville, MO Truman 19–17 67 1987 Kirksville, MO Truman 23–0 68 1988 Kirksville, MO Truman 55–29 69 1989 Maryville, MO Truman 16–13 70 1990 Kirksville, MO Truman 34–31 71 1991 Maryville, MO Truman 37–28 72 1992 Kirksville, MO Truman 28–20 73 1993 Maryville, MO Truman 38–16 74 1994 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–10 75 1995 Maryville, MO Truman 44–10 76 1996 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 55–22 77 1997 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 34–10 78 1998 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 41–7 79 1999 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 42–32 80 2000 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–20 81 2001 Maryville, MO Truman 24–23 82 2002 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–24 83 2003 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 37–0 84 2004 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 45–42 85 2005 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 17–0 86 2006 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–10 87 2007 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 53–6 88 2008 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 49–0 89 2009 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 70–0 90 2010 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 44–10 91 2011 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 65–3 Series: Truman leads 54–33–4

References

1. "Hickory Stick – nwmissouri.edu – Retrieved September 29, 2009". nwmissouri.edu.
2. "Truman Media Network". Truman Media Network.
3. "University Traditions: The Hickory Stick". library.truman.edu.
4. (PDF). nwmissouri.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2009.