The Fall Classic at Arrowhead is football game at Arrowhead Stadium

Arrowhead Stadium

Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....

 that has been in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 since 2002 between football rivals Northwest Missouri Bearcats football

Northwest Missouri Bearcats football

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team has appeared in seven NCAA Division II national title games since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.The Bearcats have made the playoffs in 15 seasons...

 and the Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal...

 football teams.

Overview

The games which have drawn draw more than 20,000 fans except for one (including 26,695 in 2004) has the largest attendance of any NCAA Division II sporting event.

Since 1992 the two Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...

 rivals have appeared 10 NCAA Division II National Football Championship

NCAA Division II national football championship

The NCAA Division II National Football Championship began in 1973. Prior to 1973, four regional bowl games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division and a poll determined the final champion....

 title games. Pittsburg is 1-3 winning 1991 and was runner up in 1992, 1995 and 2004 (in addition it polled #1 in 1961). Northwest is 3-4, winning the titles in 1998, 1999 and 2009 and was runner up in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In addition to the regular season games the two teams have also played each other in 2004, 2005 and 2008 in Division II playoff games. The two teams have shared or won every MIAA championship except 2 since 1989.

In every matchup at Arrowhead except 2003 at least one of the teams was ranked in the Top 10 NCCA Division I. In 2009, 2008, 2006, 2004 both teams were in the Top 10 including 2004 when they were #1 and #2.

At the conclusion of the October 1, 2011 game, Northwest leads 7-3 in games played at Arrowhead and Northwest and Pittsburg are tied 22-22 on the series.

Game results

Date	NW Rank	Pitt Rank	Host	NW Score	Pitt Score	Winner	Notes
1932-09-30	-	-	Pittsburg Pittsburg, Kansas Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, in southeastern Kansas, United States. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and in southeastern Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,233.-History:...	0	25	Pitt
1933-09-29	-	-	Maryville Maryville, Missouri Maryville is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,581 at the 2000 census. The town, organized on February 14, 1845, was named for Mrs. Mary Graham, wife of Amos Graham, then the county clerk. Mary was the first Caucasian woman to have lived within the boundaries...	6	33	Pitt
1934-11-29	-	-	Pittsburg	0	7	Pitt
1944-09-15	-	-	Pittsburg	26	13	NW
1944-10-13	-	-	Maryville	33	2	NW
1960-10-08	-	-	Pittsburg	6	38	Pitt
1961-10-07	-	-	Maryville	0	35	Pitt
1973-09-15	-	-	Pittsburg	14	10	NW
1974-09-14	-	-	Maryville	13	0	NW
1975-09-13	-	-	Maryville	28	14	NW
1976-09-11	-	-	Pittsburg	24	0	NW
1977-09-10	-	-	Maryville	27	14	NW
1978-09-09	-	-	Pittsburg	10	30	Pitt
1979-09-08	-	-	Maryville	14	21	Pitt
1980-09-06	-	-	Pittsburg	7	33	Pitt
1981-09-05	-	-	Maryville	9	6	NW
1983-09-10	-	-	Pittsburg	7	28	Pitt
1989-10-07	-	-	Pittsburg	13	27	Pitt
1989-11-18	10	-	Pittsburg	7	28	Pitt
1990-10-06	-	-	Maryville	14	49	Pitt
1991-10-05	-	-	Pittsburg	0	38	Pitt
1992-10-03	-		Maryville	14	31	Pitt
1993-10-30	-	-	Pittsburg	12	38	Pitt
1994-10-29	-	-	Maryville	7	49	Pitt
1995-11-11	-	-	Pittsburg	14	22	Pitt
1996-11-16	2	7	Maryville	0	40	Pitt
1997-10-25	5	2	Pittsburg	15	14	NW
1998-10-24	3	18	Maryville	23	18	NW
1999-09-18	1	10	Pittsburg	27	21	NW
2000-09-16	1	6	Maryville	35	28	NW
2001-10-13	11	6	Pittsburg	35	31	NW
2002-10-17	5	11	Kansas City	29	7	NW
2003-11-15	-	-	Kansas City	20	19	NW
2004-11-06	2	1	Kansas City	17	21	Pitt
2004-11-27	4	1	Pittsburg	36	50	Pitt	Playoff
2005-10-29	16	4	Kansas City	35	56	Pitt
2005-11-26	21	3	Pittsburg	21	10	NW	Playoff
2006-11-04	2	8	Kansas City	41	14	NW
2007-10-06	9	16	Kansas City	37	34	NW	Overtime
2008-10-04	7	6	Kansas City	35	10	NW
2008-11-22	3	10	Maryville	38	35	NW	Playoff
2009-09-12	7	4	Kansas City	30	10	NW
2010-11-13	3		Kansas City	22	16	NW
2011-10-01	1	15	Kansas City	35	38	Pitt	Game winning field goal as time expired.