the 1905 washburn vs. fairmount football game was a college football game between fairmount college (now called wichita state university) and the washburn ichabods. it was played on december 25, 1905, in wichita, kansas. it was the first experiment with the forward pass. it was also the first experiment with the ten-yard requirement for first downs. it is unclear if the game was considered "regular season", "post season", or "exhibition" in classification.