It’s been the nearly 108 years since Missouri celebrated its first ever homecoming football game, which took place Nov. 25, 1911, against Kansas. Since that time, one thing has remained constant: the Tigers know the game is just as important to the Missouri faithful as it is to the football team.
Many deem MU’s original homecoming celebration to be the first, the original, the “often imitated, never duplicated” of all homecomings. To that respect, MU students and alumni alike hold the homecoming football game to a higher standard — because winning puts the cherry on top of what is already a phenomenal week.