![]() The Classic is one of the most highly acclaimed and attended high-school football games west of the Mississippi River and has taken place since 1925. Traditions Homecoming court Ģ007 East LA Classic Halftime show the homecoming football game. There was a gap between 19 when there was no homecoming event however there has been continuity since 1915. īaylor's homecoming history dates back to November 1909 and included a parade, reunion parties, and an afternoon football game (the final game of the 1909 season), a tradition that continued and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. 10, 1903, began NIU's homecoming tradition. Northern Illinois University has one of the longest-celebrated homecoming traditions in the country. Members of the senior class waited tables. Former students raised funds, provided homes, prepared and served a barbecue supper, and decorated the town buildings. By multiple historical accounts, Southwestern held the first Homecoming on record on Wednesday, April 21, 1909, in San Gabriel Park. Īt least two collegiate homecoming celebrations predate the University of Missouri football game homecoming event: Southwestern University, in Georgetown, Texas and Baylor University, in Waco, Texas. The Missouri annual homecoming, with its parade and spirit rally centered on a large football game is the model that has gone on to take hold at colleges and high schools across the United States. The event was a success, with nearly 10,000 alumni coming home to take part in the celebration and watch the Tigers and Jayhawks play to a 3–3 tie. Along with the football game, the celebration included a parade and spirit rally with a bonfire. To renew excitement in the rivalry, ensure adequate attendance at the new location, and celebrate the first meeting of the two teams on the Mizzou campus in Columbia, Missouri, Mizzou Athletic Director Chester Brewer invited all alumni to "come home" for the game in 1911. The intense rivalry originally took place at neutral sites, usually in Kansas City, Missouri, until a new conference regulation was announced that required intercollegiate football games to be played on collegiate campuses. In 1891, the Missouri Tigers first faced off against the Kansas Jayhawks in the first installment of the Border War, the oldest college football rivalry west of the Mississippi River. ![]() This event was held annually except for 19, when it was first canceled because of the influenza pandemic, then because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign first held its homecoming event in 1910, celebrating the 100th anniversary in 2010. It appears to be the first homecoming-like event which was centered on a parade and a football game such was the response and success it became an annual event. The NCAA, Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy! give the title to the University of Missouri's 1911 football game during which alumni were encouraged to attend. Many schools including Baylor, Southwestern, Illinois, and Missouri have made claims that they held the first modern homecoming. The tradition of homecoming has its origin in alumni football games held at colleges and universities since the 19th century. Missouri football game is one of several claimed to be the first college football homecoming game. The game is supposed to be an "easy win" and thus weaker schools will sometimes play lower division schools. The game itself, whether it be football or another sport, will typically feature the home team playing a considerably weaker opponent. When attached to a football game, homecoming traditionally occurs on the team's return from the longest road trip of the season or the first home game of a season that falls after an away game. A dance commonly follows the game or takes place the day after the game. However, they usually consist of a football game played on a school's home football field, activities for students and alumni, a parade featuring the school's choir, marching band and sports teams, and the coronation of a homecoming queen (and at many schools, a homecoming king). When celebrated by schools, the activities vary widely. It is built around a central event, such as a banquet or dance and, most often, a game of American football, or on occasions, basketball, ice hockey or soccer. People, towns, high schools and colleges come together, usually in late September or early October, to welcome back former members of the community. Homecoming is an annual tradition in the United States. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States, Canada and Liberia. Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. "Queen of the May" at East Texas State Normal College in 1921, a predecessor of the modern homecoming queen
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