# Hickory Stick

The Hickory Stick is a college football rivalry between NCAA Division II teams Northwest Missouri State University and Truman State University.
It is the oldest traveling trophy in Division II football. 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.

## 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. The games were played on Veterans Day only in 1931–1933.
Game results
At the conclusion of the September 2, 2011, game, Truman has the edge in the series 54–33–4.
Northwest Missouri State victoriesTruman victoriesTie gamesNo.DateLocationWinnerScore1 1908 Kirksville, MO Truman 63–02 1916 Kirksville, MO Truman 92–03 1917 Maryville, MO Truman 35–04 1919 Kirksville, MO Truman 87–05 1921 Maryville, MO Truman 13–06 1922 Maryville, MO Truman 18–07 1923 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 15–38 1924 Kirksville, MO Truman 14–09 1925 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 12–310 1926 Kirksville, MO Truman 50–711 1927 Maryville, MO Truman 55–612 1928 Kirksville, MO Truman 33–713 1929 Maryville, MO Truman 7–614 1930 Kirksville, MO Truman 20–715 1931 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 7–016 1932 Kirksville, MO Truman 6–017 1933 Maryville, MO Truman 19–018 1934 Kirksville, MO Truman 36–019 1935 Maryville, MO Truman 20–620 1936 Kirksville, MO Truman 7–021 1937 Maryville, MO Tie0–022 1938 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 26–723 1939 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 19–1324 1940 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 20–025 1941 Maryville, MO Tie0–026 1946 Maryville, MO Truman 12–627 1947 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 22–628 1948 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–1229 1949 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 27–2030 1950 Maryville, MO Tie13–1331 1951 Kirksville, MO Truman 13–1232 1952 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 28–2733 1953 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–2634 1954 Maryville, MO Truman 24–2035 1955 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 6–236 1956 Maryville, MO Truman 21–2037 1957 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–638 1958 Maryville, MO Truman 20–1939 1959 Kirksville, MO Tie12–1240 1960 Maryville, MO Truman 26–2041 1961 Kirksville, MO Truman 35–742 1962 Maryville, MO Truman 43–743 1963 Kirksville, MO Truman 22–744 1964 Maryville, MO Truman 20–845 1965 Kirksville, MO Truman 20–1446 1966 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 24–21No.DateLocationWinnerScore47 1967 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–748 1968 Maryville, MO Truman 9–749 1969 Kirksville, MO Truman 39–1250 1970 Kirksville, MO Truman 35–751 1971 Maryville, MO Truman 16–352 1972 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 10–053 1973 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 7–654 1974 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–1055 1975 Maryville, MO Truman 20–056 1976 Kirksville, MO Truman 42–1057 1977 Maryville, MO Truman 31–1958 1978 Kirksville, MO Truman 27–759 1979 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 13–960 1980 Kirksville, MO Truman 14–1061 1981 Maryville, MO Truman 52–062 1982 Kirksville, MO Truman 63–1363 1983 Maryville, MO Truman 27–2164 1984 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 42–2065 1985 Maryville, MO Truman 35–2466 1986 Kirksville, MO Truman 19–1767 1987 Kirksville, MO Truman 23–068 1988 Kirksville, MO Truman 55–2969 1989 Maryville, MO Truman 16–1370 1990 Kirksville, MO Truman 34–3171 1991 Maryville, MO Truman 37–2872 1992 Kirksville, MO Truman 28–2073 1993 Maryville, MO Truman 38–1674 1994 Kirksville, MO Truman 37–1075 1995 Maryville, MO Truman 44–1076 1996 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 55–2277 1997 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 34–1078 1998 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 41–779 1999 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 42–3280 2000 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–2081 2001 Maryville, MO Truman 24–2382 2002 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–2483 2003 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 37–084 2004 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 45–4285 2005 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 17–086 2006 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 31–1087 2007 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 53–688 2008 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 49–089 2009 Maryville, MO Northwest Missouri State 70–090 2010 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 44–1091 2011 Kirksville, MO Northwest Missouri State 65–3Series: Truman leads 54–33–4 :