[4] In the 1905 season, the Coleman Company set up temporary gas-powered lighting for a night game against Cooper College (now called the Sterling Warriors).
"[7] The Los Angeles Times reported that there was much kicking and that the game was considered much safer than regular play, but that the new rule was not "conducive to the sport.
"[8] In his history of the sport of football, David M. Nelson concluded that "the first forward passes were thrown at the end of the 1905 season in a game between Fairmount and Washburn colleges in Kansas.
On October 2, 1970, a plane crashed that was carrying about half of the football team on their way to play a game against Utah State University.
Former T. C. Williams High School football coach Herman Boone, who was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film Remember the Titans, compared Jeffries's hiring to that of Jackie Robinson signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
[13] On May 16, 2009, the Wichita State University alumni association held an all football players reunion at Cessna Stadium.
The show depicts the Shockers winning a national championship at the NCAA Division II level under the titular character.