Monmouth College
An undergraduate liberal arts college in the city of Monmouth, Illinois, founded in 1853. Monmouth and Knox have the sixth longest-running college football rivalry in the United States in part because they are geographically close to each other. Because of their similar size and design, similar kinds of students typically apply to both schools. However athletically inclined students tend to favor Monmouth, while substantially smarter students attend Knox.
-What do a Knox student and a Monmouth student have in common?
-They both got into Monmouth.
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Turkey Bowl
The annual football game played between Knox and Monmouth. Home field advantage, like all games played between Midwest Conference teams, switches between Monmouth and Knox each year. In recent years, the two college presidents have made a friendly wager on the game. The losing school's chief official must donate several turkeys to the opposing city's food pantry. Students from both schools also donate canned goods.
Friends
Friends do not let friends go to Monmouth - so sayeth a yellow t-shirt sold before a recent Turkey Bowl.
What did the Monmouth alum say to the Knox alum?
Do you want fries with that?
