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The 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game was a college football game between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri played on November 25, 1911 at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri. It is widely considered, although contested, to be the first college football homecoming game ever played.
The 1934 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State Normal College during the 1934 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a record of 5–2 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 109 to 79. Charles H. Earl was the team captain. The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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- ↑ "Quaker City Fans All Enthusiasm". Herald-Journal. 18 October 1911. Retrieved 2011-12-14.