Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry

Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry

Emporia State Hornets Washburn Ichabods
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 4, 1899 Emporia State, 11–0
Latest meeting	August 29, 2024 Emporia State, 30–14
Next meeting	2025
Statistics
Meetings total	120
All-time series	Emporia State leads, 61–53–6
Largest victory	Emporia State, 45–7 (1980)
Longest win streak	Emporia State, 11 (1991–2001)
Current win streak	Emporia State, 4 (2021–present)

Emporia State

Washburn

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Locations in Kansas

110km
68miles

Washburn University

Emporia State University

   

Locations of Emporia State and Washburn

The Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry, commonly referred to as the Turnpike Tussle,^[1] is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the Emporia State Hornets football team of Emporia State University from Emporia, Kansas, and the Washburn Ichabods football team of Washburn University from Topeka, Kansas. Both schools currently compete in the NCAA Division II level, and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Emporia State currently leads the series 61–53–2.^[2] The Turnpike Tussle is the second-oldest active NCAA Division II rivalry.^[3][4]

Prior to joining the MIAA (Washburn in 1989, Emporia State 1991), both schools have competed in the same conferences with the exception of 1935 to 1940 when Washburn was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.^[5]

History

Emporia State University opened its doors in 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School,^[6] with Washburn University opening its doors two years later in 1865 as the Lincoln College.^[7] Washburn's football program began in 1891^[8] and Emporia State began two years later,^[9] with the first football game between the two schools taking place on November 4, 1899, in Topeka where Emporia State won 11–0.^[10] After a one-year hiatus, the rivalry began again playing annually until 1942 when World War II took place.^[11] During those 42 seasons, Washburn started out with a strong lead in the series winning eight of the next nine games before Emporia State took the majority of the wins those years. The teams tied six times prior to WWII.^[12]

Ten years after World War II finished, the Kansas Turnpike was completed, forming a 58 mile distance between the two schools and led the two schools to name their rivalry series the "Turnpike Tussle" in 1956.^[13] The series winning streaks began alternating around every five years or so after the War until 1991 when Emporia State began the longest winning streak in the series – 11 games from 1991 to 2001.^[14] The turn of the century brought new leadership for both teams. In 2001, Emporia State promoted offensive coordinator Dave Wiemers as their head coach, who later resigned in December 2006.^[15] On December 28, 2001, Washburn hired Craig Schurig as the next head coach, who remains the head coach.^[16] In December 2006, former ESU quarterback, Garin Higgins, was named the next Hornet football coach, who remains as the head coach.^[17]

Game results

Emporia State victories

Washburn victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 4, 1899 Topeka Kansas State Normal 11–0 2 September 21, 1901 Topeka Washburn 6–0 3 October 6, 1902 Emporia Washburn 6–0 4 October 3, 1903 Emporia Tie 0–0 5 October 8, 1904 Topeka Washburn 21–0 6 October 7, 1905 Topeka Washburn 29–6 7 October 6, 1906 Topeka Washburn 6–0 8 October 5, 1907 Emporia Washburn 18–0 9 October 3, 1908 Topeka Washburn 6–0 10 October 9, 1909 Topeka Washburn 24–6 11 October 22, 1910 Topeka Kansas State Normal 14–12 12 November 11, 1911 Topeka Washburn 8–0 13 November 2, 1912 Topeka Kansas State Normal 7–6 14 November 1, 1913 Topeka Washburn 41–7 15 October 31, 1914 Topeka Kansas State Normal 19–0 16 October 30, 1915 Topeka Tie 0–0 17 November 3, 1916 Emporia Kansas State Normal 23–7 18 November 3, 1917 Topeka Tie 0–0 19 November 15, 1918 Emporia Washburn 22–3 20 November 8, 1919 Topeka Washburn 20–6 21 November 6, 1920 Topeka Tie 7–7 22 November 5, 1921 Topeka Washburn 10–7 23 November 3, 1922 Emporia Kansas State Normal 34–0 24 November 10, 1923 Topeka Tie 7–7 25 November 7, 1924 Emporia KSTC Emporia 18–0 26 November 7, 1925 Emporia KSTC Emporia 6–0 27 November 5, 1926 Topeka KSTC Emporia 35–0 28 November 4, 1927 Topeka KSTC Emporia 20–7 29 November 2, 1928 Emporia KSTC Emporia 45–6 30 November 2, 1929 Topeka Washburn 6–2 31 October 31, 1930 Emporia Washburn 13–6 32 October 30, 1931 Topeka Washburn 20–7 33 October 28, 1932 Emporia Tie 0–0 34 November 3, 1933 Topeka KSTC Emporia 7–6 35 October 26, 1934 Emporia KSTC Emporia 14–6 36 September 27, 1935 Topeka Washburn 12–7 37 October 9, 1936 Topeka KSTC Emporia 14–7 38 September 24, 1937 Topeka KSTC Emporia 12–6 39 September 30, 1938 Topeka Washburn 19–6 40 September 30, 1939 Emporia Washburn 12–0 41 October 4, 1940 Topeka KSTC Emporia 38–7 42 October 3, 1941 Topeka KSTC Emporia 20–12 43 October 2, 1942 Emporia KSTC Emporia 12–0 44 October 4, 1946 Topeka Washburn 20–12 45 October 4, 1947 Emporia KSTC Emporia 12–6 46 October 1, 1948 Topeka KSTC Emporia 17–0 47 October 1, 1949 Emporia KSTC Emporia 19–14 48 September 29, 1950 Topeka KSTC Emporia 27–19 49 September 29, 1951 Emporia Washburn 14–13 50 September 26, 1952 Topeka KSTC Emporia 7–6 51 September 26, 1953 Emporia Washburn 21–0 52 October 8, 1954 Topeka Washburn 14–6 53 October 8, 1955 Emporia Washburn 26–6 54 October 5, 1956 Topeka Washburn 34–6 55 October 12, 1957 Emporia Washburn 25–0 56 October 11, 1958 Topeka KSTC Emporia 27–6 57 October 10, 1959 Emporia KSTC Emporia 24–13 58 October 14, 1960 Topeka KSTC Emporia 7–6 59 October 13, 1961 Emporia KSTC Emporia 26–10 60 October 13, 1962 Topeka Washburn 7–6 61 October 12, 1963 Emporia Washburn 32–6 No. Date Location Winner Score 62 November 14, 1964 Topeka Washburn 19–6 63 November 13, 1965 Emporia Washburn 21–0 64 September 10, 1966 Emporia KSTC Emporia 14–0 65 November 12, 1966 Topeka KSTC Emporia 12–6 66 November 11, 1967 Emporia KSTC Emporia 34–7 67 November 9, 1968 Topeka KSTC Emporia 47–19 68 November 8, 1969 Emporia KSTC Emporia 28–14 69 November 7, 1970 Emporia Washburn 34–21 70 November 6, 1971 Topeka KSTC Emporia 3–0 71 November 11, 1972 Emporia KSTC Emporia 41–7 72 November 10, 1973 Emporia Washburn 20–10 73 October 5, 1974 Emporia Washburn 36–15 74 October 4, 1975 Topeka Washburn 42–13 75 October 9, 1976 Emporia Washburn 21–0 76 October 1, 1977 Topeka Washburn 40–12 77 September 30, 1978 Emporia Washburn 17–7 78 September 29, 1979 Topeka Emporia State 17–11 79 September 27, 1980 Emporia Emporia State 45–7 80 October 10, 1981 Topeka Washburn 17–10 81 October 8, 1982 Topeka Emporia State 20–13 82 October 1, 1983 Emporia Washburn 41–7 83 September 29, 1984 Emporia Emporia State 14–0 84 October 5, 1985 Topeka Washburn 25–18 85 October 4, 1986 Emporia Emporia State 22–16 86 November 14, 1987 Emporia Washburn 28–21 87 November 12, 1988 Topeka Washburn 59–46 88 October 12, 1991 Emporia Emporia State 49–18 89 October 10, 1992 Topeka Emporia State 25–18 90 November 6, 1993 Emporia Emporia State 37–19 91 November 5, 1994 Topeka Emporia State 43–7 92 September 30, 1995 Emporia Emporia State 25–24 93 October 5, 1996 Topeka Emporia State 40–35 94 October 30, 1997 Emporia Emporia State 64–35 95 October 29, 1998 Topeka Emporia State 35–21 96 November 13, 1999 Emporia Emporia State 45–20 97 November 11, 2000 Topeka Emporia State 35–21 98 October 27, 2001 Emporia Emporia State 38–19 99 November 2, 2002 Topeka Washburn 34–21 100 September 20, 2003 Emporia Emporia State 35–28^OT 101 September 11, 2004 Topeka Washburn 28–10 102 October 22, 2005 Emporia Washburn 42–14 103 October 28, 2006 Topeka Washburn 37–6 104 October 13, 2007 Emporia Washburn 31–21 105 October 1, 2008 Topeka Washburn 14–6 106 November 7, 2009 Emporia Washburn 56–35 107 November 6, 2010 Topeka Washburn 42–0 108 October 1, 2011 Emporia Washburn 31–17 109 November 10, 2012 Topeka Emporia State 55–23 110 November 16, 2013 Emporia Emporia State 34–23 111 November 1, 2014 Topeka Washburn 36–10 112 October 31, 2015 Emporia Emporia State 47–21 113 November 12, 2016 Topeka Emporia State 30–3 114 November 11, 2017 Emporia Emporia State 26–20 115 October 27, 2018 Topeka Emporia State 34–31^OT 116 November 2, 2019 Topeka Washburn 37–17 117 October 2, 2021 Emporia Emporia State 35–30 118 October 1, 2022 Topeka Emporia State 42–35 119 October 14, 2023 Emporia Emporia State 38–23 120 August 29, 2024 Emporia Emporia State 30–14 Series: Emporia State leads 61–53–6

Source: ^[18]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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4. "Unique rivalries headline games to watch in DII football's final weekend". November 10, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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17. Weast, Don (December 15, 2006). "ESU Names Higgins 21st Head Football Coach" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
18. Cassell, Gene (November 8, 2016). "Ichabod Football set for 113th Meeting with ESU on Senior Day" (PDF) (Press release). Retrieved August 2, 2018.