Was Wichita State really the first college to throw a forward pass in football?

Several universities, including Wichita State, claim that football's first forward pass was thrown at their school. Who's right?
The second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State University contains a series of murals highlighting a number of “firsts” in school history.

First African-American football coach in Division 1-A.

First school to offer a comprehensive integrated program in communication.

First college to throw a forward pass in football.

Well, maybe. But maybe not.

“A lot of places like to claim to be the birthplace of the forward pass just the way that everybody likes to claim that George Washington slept here,” said Dr. Denis Crawford, a historian at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.

Crawford said at least two other schools, St. Louis University and the University of North Carolina, also claim the first forward pass.

Passing became part of the college game in 1906. And to understand how that happened, you have to understand what college football was like back then.