Big Eight during this time) virtually a two-way affair. During this 33-year period, KU or KSU won or shared the title 26 times. The following chart shows the conference titles captured by the Sunflower Showdown schools during this span of time. Since 1991 Kansas has won or shared the Big 8 and Big 12 titles 24 of the 30 years. Kansas and Kansas State shared the Big 12 regular-season title for the 2012–2013 season. Football After the two programs began playing each other in football in 1902, ill will soon surfaced. Following the 1909 contest, a 5–3 KU victory, a dispute between the schools led them to cancel the game scheduled for the 1910 season. After taking the break in 1910, the teams have met on the field every autumn since, and the 2010 game marked the 100th straight year the two teams played. Only five other series in college football history have been contested for more consecutive years. KU was notably dominant in the series during the early years, building a 17–1–3 advantage through the 1923 season. Since 1923 the programs have been much more even, K-State leads 48–47–2 during that period (including a 1980 forfeit by KU). Because KU does not acknowledge the forfeit as a loss, the two schools disagree on the overall series record: KU says it leads the series 65–50–5, while Kansas State reports the record as 64–51–5 following the 2020 game. Kansas cites NCAA policy to explain its refusal to reckon the 1980 game as a Kansas State win; the policy states that statistics and records are not altered unless imposed by NCAA Executive action. The forfeit was voted on by the conference members and no such action was ever imposed by the NCAA. Therefore, the game result and statistics remain in the NCAA records. After the first 90 years of the rivalry, Kansas led the series 59–26–5 following 1992 game. The series swung in Kansas State's favor over the next 27 years. Kansas has never trailed in the all-time record. The teams began competing for the Governor's Cup in 1969, and many of the most storied or interesting games between the programs have come during this era, including a 1995 match-up between sixth-ranked Kansas and fourteenth-ranked Kansas State, won by Kansas State 41–7. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Kansas State fielded a much stronger team – annually garnering high national rankings –