Kansas at Iowa State
Saturday, October 22, 1921 Share
Kansas beat Iowa State 14–7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 3–1–1.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

Arizona republican, October 23, 1921, page 9
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Forward Passes By Kansas University Defeats Iowa State AMES, Iowa, Oct. 22-Successful forward passing today gave Kansas university a II to victory over the Iowa State college in Missouri Val ley conference game here today. A Kansas tumble early in the game led up to the Cyclones only points, McAvinchey recovering the ball on the Jayhawkers’ sixteen yard line. Gaylord hit the line for seven yards and Young made it first down in the same way. Gaylord added two and after plunges by Young and Sur rie had netted only a yard or two, pass was caught by Riggs for q touchdown. A tumble by Currie also gave the visitors their first chance, Mcdonald of the Kansas eleven recovering the ball on Ames’ 35-yard line. Steady plunges by Sturgeon with an occa- sional short pass by Wilson took the ball to the Cyclones three-yard line. Wilson. by plunges, went through for touchdown. The winning points were made at the start of the fourth period. Kan sas had the ball on Ames’ 4s-yard line when the period began. Two passes netted p yards and another pass to Black enabled the latter to cross the goal line.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Iowa State 62% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Kansas–Iowa State gameKansas leads 52–46–6 in 104 meetings, counting the 99 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa State 38, Kansas 14 | |
| 2024 | Kansas 45, Iowa State 36 | |
| 2023 | Kansas 28, Iowa State 21 | |
| 2022 | Kansas 14, Iowa State 11 | |
| 2021 | Iowa State 59, Kansas 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa State 52, Kansas 22 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 29, 1921
- SeasonKansas in 1921
- ProgramKansas history and records
Iowa State
- Next gameat Washington St. LouisOct. 29, 1921
- SeasonIowa State in 1921
- ProgramIowa State history and records

