Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State football rivalry

American college football rivalry

Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State football rivalry
Statistics
Missouri Western Griffons Northwest Missouri State Bearcats
First meeting	September 19, 1981 Missouri Western, 20–8
Latest meeting	November 9, 2024 Northwest Missouri State, 33–23
Next meeting	2025
Meetings total	45
All-time series	Northwest Missouri State leads, 33–12
Largest victory	Northwest Missouri State, 42–0 (2010)
Longest win streak	Northwest Missouri State, 11 (2013–present)
Current win streak	Northwest Missouri State, 11 (2013–present)
Missouri WesternNorthwest Missouri StateLocations in Missouri

The Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State football rivalry between the Missouri Western Griffons football team and Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team is between two Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association NCAA Division II rivals that are less than 50 miles apart.

The schools off the field are constantly competing for state funds in the same market ever since Missouri Western expanded from a junior college to a four-year college in 1969 fulfilling a Missouri governor Warren Hearnes campaign promise to build the school St. Joseph, Missouri (2000 population 73,912). At the time Northwest at Maryville (2000 population 10,581) founded in 1905 was the sole four-year state college in northwest Missouri.

In 1988, the state under John Ashcroft recommended that Northwest be closed altogether.

In the wake of the ultimately abandoned proposal, both schools have considerably ramped up their football programs with Northwest appearing in ten NCAA Division II National Football Championships (winning six) while Missouri Western has hosted the Kansas City Chiefs summer training camp starting since 2010.

The rivalry on the field is a big draw. The biggest crowds at Spratt Stadium are 10,129 in 2009 and 9,007 in 2007. A crowd of 9,346 attended the September 13, 2008, game—the second biggest at Northwest's Bearcat Stadium. The 2010 game was attended by 10,805 the biggest in the stadium history.

Game results

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Missouri Western victories

Northwest Missouri State victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	September 19, 1981	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	20–8
2	September 18, 1982	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	17–14
3	September 17, 1983	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	19–9
4	September 22, 1984	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	30–27
5	September 21, 1985	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–18
6	September 20, 1986	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	27–16
7	September 19, 1987	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	20–17
8	September 17, 1988	Pittsburg, KS	Missouri Western	27–16
9	September 2, 1989	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	45–29
10	September 1, 1990	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	47–25
11	October 26, 1991	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	49–26
12	October 24, 1992	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	43–26
13	September 18, 1993	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	21–14
14	September 17, 1994	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	20–0
15	September 14, 1995	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	24–20
16	October 19, 1996	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–24
17	September 27, 1997	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	52–13
18	September 26, 1998	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	45–32
19	October 9, 1999	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	38–34
20	October 7, 2000	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	46–27
21	November 3, 2001	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	37–30
22	November 9, 2002	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	13–10
23	October 25, 2003	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	30–27

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
24	October 16, 2004	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–13
25	September 17, 2005	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	31–21
26	September 23, 2006	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–21
27	September 15, 2007	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	44–20
28	September 13, 2008	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	42–35
29	October 3, 2009	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	49–35
30	October 2, 2010	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	42–0
31	November 20, 2010	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	28–24
32	November 5, 2011	St. Joseph, MO	Missouri Western	31–28
33	November 19, 2011	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	35–29
34	November 10, 2012	Maryville, MO	Missouri Western	21–20
35	November 16, 2013	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	51–21
36	November 1, 2014	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	40–3
37	October 31, 2015	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	24–10
38	November 12, 2016	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	44–3
39	November 11, 2017	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	30–0
40	August 30, 2018	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	28–6
41	September 5, 2019	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	45–35
42	October 2, 2021	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	30–7
43	October 1, 2022	Maryville, MO	Northwest Missouri State	16–3
44	October 14, 2023	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	27–23
45	November 9, 2024	St. Joseph, MO	Northwest Missouri State	33–23
Series: Northwest Missouri State leads 33–12

During the 2010 and 2011 college football seasons, the Griffons and Bearcats played twice; in this case, the second meeting was in the playoffs.

References

Larsen, Lawrence Harold (1971). A History of Missouri. ISBN 9780826215468.
Hearnes instrumental in Western’s BIRTH stjoenews.net - August 18, 2009
"ST. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper Archives". newsbank.com.
"Chiefs and Missouri Western State University Agree to Extend Training Camp Through 2019". chiefs.com.
"Missouri Western Media Guide 2009 - gogriffins.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
Northwest Missouri Media Guide 2009 – nwmissouri.edu Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

v t e Missouri Western Griffons football
Venues	Spratt Stadium (1979–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Northwest Missouri State
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football
Venue	Bearcat Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Missouri Western Pittsburg State Truman
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1908 1909–1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football rivalries
Conference	Emporia State–Washburn Missouri Western–Northwest Missouri State Northwest Missouri State−Pittsburg State
Non-conference	President's Cup (Central Oklahoma–Northeastern State) Hickory Stick (Northwest Missouri State–Truman)

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