Northwest Missouri State–Truman football rivalry

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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
Statistics

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
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 (2002–2011)

Northwest Missouri State

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.

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

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