<P> The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame chronicles the history of competitive athletics in the state . </P> <Dl> <Dd> See also Timeline of college football in Kansas </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> See also Timeline of college football in Kansas </Dd> <P> Kansas sports history includes several significant firsts . The first college football game played in Kansas was the 1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game played in Baldwin City . Baker won 22--9 . The first night football game west of the Mississippi was played in Wichita, Kansas in 1905 between Cooper College (now called Sterling College) and Fairmount College (now Wichita State University). Later that year, Fairmount also played an experimental game against the Washburn Ichabods that was used to test new rules designed to make football safer . </P>

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