The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 31, 1891: The Missouri University Foot-ball team went home very quietly tonight, and Monday there will be no exuberance in Columbia. The Kansas University boys on the contrary painted Kansas City red tonight and will wake up old Lawrence for weeks to come.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — So began the Border War, six score and 14 years ago.

But after five scores, 595 yards of offense and two comebacks, Border War No. 121 went a little bit differently from its 19th century premiere.

In 2025, there will be no exuberance in Lawrence. The Kansas-branded semi truck of equipment slinked out of the Faurot Field parking lot just before sundown. And if the music emanating from downtown Columbia on Saturday is any indication, CoMo ain’t sleepin’. Mizzou waited 5,033 days to beat

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