1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game

The 1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game was a college football game between Cooper College (now Sterling College) and Fairmount College (now Wichita State University) played on October 6, 1905, at Association Field in Wichita^[1] The game was played at night under gas lamps as a demonstration by the Coleman Company and was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River.^[2] Fairmount won by a score of 24–0.^[3][4]

Cooper vs. Fairmount First night football game west of the Mississippi River
Cooper Barrelmakers Fairmount Shockers 0 24 Head coach:  unknown Head coach:  Willis Bates
1 2 3 4 Total Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 Fairmount 6 6 6 6 24
Date	October 6, 1905
Season	1905
Stadium	Association Park
Location	Wichita, Kansas

Aftermath

Several other attempts had been made in the eastern United States toward the means of playing football at night, beginning in 1892 with the first night football game that ended at halftime.^[5] Since that game, other attempts in the east grew to be successful, but this was the first time such an attempt was made west of the Mississippi River. The use of lighting was considered successful.^[1][6]

See also

• 1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football game
• 1905 college football season
• List of historically significant college football games
• Timeline of college football in Kansas