| Cooper vs. Fairmount First night football game west of the Mississippi River | |
| Football Season: | 1905 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Cooper |
| Visitor Nickname: | Barrelmakers |
| Visitor School: | Sterling Warriors |
| Home Name Short: | Fairmount |
| Home Nickname: | Shockers |
| Home School: | Fairmount College |
| Visitor Coach: | unknown |
| Home Coach: | Willis Bates |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 6 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Date: | October 6, 1905 |
| Stadium: | Association Park |
| City: | Wichita, Kansas |
The 1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game was a college football game between (now Sterling College) and (now Wichita State University) played on October 6, 1905, at Association Field in Wichita[1] The game was played at night under gas lamps as a demonstration by the Coleman Company and was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River.[2] Fairmount won by a score of 24 - 0.[3] [4]
Several other attempts had been made in the eastern United States toward the means of playing football at night, beginning in 1892 with the first night football game that ended at halftime.[5] Since that game, other attempts in the east grew to be successful, but this was the first time such an attempt was made west of the Mississippi River. The use of lighting was considered successful.[6]