Wisconsin at Kansas
Saturday, October 8, 1927 Share
Wisconsin beat Kansas 26–6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 10, 1927, page 1
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Thistlethwaite’s Charges Take Aggressive in Second Quar- ter-9O-yard Run For Touch down Is Feature – Iowa Beaten by Ohio State, Ii to + Lawrence, Kan, Oct TO- Out playing their Missouri Valley rivals, the University Of Wisconsin eleven defeated the University of Kansas team on Memorial field here tolay, 26 to 6. Taking the aggressive in The Sec ond quarter, Coach Glenn Thistle thwaite’s charges forced Jayhawks to defensive tactics. Crofoot’s punting and plunging featured the Badgers play. Cochran’s 80 yard run for a touchdown in the last 10 minutes of play was the feature event for Kansas. Scooping up the ball after Mohardt had fumbled, Cochran ran from the Kansas 10 yard line to the goal lire through the surprised Badger players. Crofoot made the first touchdown of the game when he caught Roses pass behind the line. He then kicked goal, the teams lined up for another kickoff and Wisconsin marched for its second touchdown, Rose going through tackle for the added score. Crofoot narrowly missed the extra point. Rose Gets Loose In the third quarter Rose broke away at the SO yard line and ran for the Badgers third touchdown, Gro foot again failing to kick goal. In the last quarter pass, Rose to Gro foot, gave the Badgers their fourth counter. In the first half Wisconsin made 148 yards from scrimmage while Kansas only totaled 33. Wis consin completed two passes for % yards and Kansas completed none. Wisconsin drew heavy penalties in this half, however, getting three for SO yards while the Jayhawks escaped with none. For the whole game, Wisconsin gained pol yards from scrimmage against Ka. sas’ So. Kansas tried IA passes, gaining Is yards. while Wisconsin tried Is and gained Al yards. OHIO STATE DEFEATS IOWA Iowa Field, Iowa City, Oct. TO- Ohio State won from Iowa Is to 6, in the opening Of the Western conference championship season today. The Buckeyes got the scare Of their lives when the green and I’M tried Iowa warriors, beaten for three periods, opened up with passes in the fourth period and scored one touchdown and threatened to tie the score.

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 10, 1927, page 1 (results column)
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SATURDAY FOOTBALL California. is; st. Mary’s College, 0. Carroll College lWaukeshaj, o9 North ca Tssif5n G1TeaTsty. 10: Loyola Bati Centenary riHena 81; Southern Methodist. IL. College of idaho, is; Pacific University, G. Cornell. So Richmond. O.. Creighton = North DAKOTA, o. concoTddis 40 college 10; st; Olaf. ~. R RaT9Yon % SO; w AlIes93en X T. Denver University. I; wyoming Univer- R R%ors and Il St Henf y a. Ruthsrfora. Eveieth Junior College, rs; Northland Col F F. Bsnni 1q @ %; Mijsan College, T. G ctsaa, aTi 81; Carson Newman. 0. GEORGETOWN. g; Dayis-Elkins. 0. Gettysburg. 20; Muhienberg, Z. Wahngtosn 2S seaTSs ado U U1ss AdG ZIP pav e. superior | Hamiine. III Fl Ripon’ Is. Iowa State 26; Simpson. 8. 5 5ohn ca Msilfy e Grove a9 Se elt7 Lafayette Sc; Rutgers. o.. s8ss; to;s ~ 6 ooss e’ Ii 1o dnssardi’‘ 81 d Kalamazoo; 8. hEddSdnI1baTg i Ia R Mass pAgsies s0 Marietta. 6; -Otterbein. 0. Mebss3 81 ai oh McS Msssy State College minnesota, 40. Oklahoma Aggies; o; New T1,,0 Mexico University At; Montezuma Ms oH77flfIls’ 10; Tennessee. 7. Missouri, 7; Nebraska, 6. Mississppi A. e M a. Louisiana Poly, 0. McAllester; 81; ST. Johns d11s.. Q ~ II. Y. Agri;. s., Cooper Union, o. Niagar a. IT, Drss &: u T. of Buffalo, o. Neth Daf0ta Isl Ae ass 81 Valley City North Carolina state, 1s; CLEMSON; s. Notre Dame Reserves, 8; Kalamazoo Col obs FEiSiin 70; Rsldwln-walIaces 6. Ohio State. -: Iowa. 6. Paris Island Marines. rs; Newberry, 70. Pennsylvania. IA: Brown. 6. P lsSSidSa; College, Z; Norwich. =. pittsburghi, 10; West Virginia. 0. Rhode Island State, rs: LEVEL Textile, o. Spring. Hin, 10; Southwest Louisiana IN South Dakota State, Is; Des Moines. o. st. Louis University 7: Springfield Teach ers’ College, 0. g. xayter 81 JONES Msst a1pt EeserSe SWarthmore, 6; Susquehanna. 0. st. Thomas College. 26; st. Joseph Col 81, Johns College, 20; .Gallaudet. 0. MsEys g. Z Eu Ssy S Ct Esy york a. Temple University, So; Juniata College. 0. To oId Ii University Refsi 10; Hilsdale. o. University Of Chattanooga, 81; Citadel. 8. UNIV uriiau Of Louisville. Is; Transylvania. o. univ. Of North Carolina. I; Maryland. 8. University of Southern California. 10; Ore gs sSA als Esss;a ass; Trinity ya,y.. Utah AggBies; 80; Western Hs,sa n States 0. v yiiEi9S 81; Lebanon Valley 7. Virginia Military, 80; Roanoke. 0. Washington u a. en 81 Missouri School of western Teachers. So: Bethel. o. i Wooster 10: Mt. Union. 0. williams, IL: Vermont, O.. Wittenberg As: Cincinnati. 0. Worcester Poly IA: Trinity. 6. Western Maryland. 49,; Sehuylkill. o. Washington and Lee. IL: Duke. T. Wisconsin. 26: Kansas, 6. washington State IS: Montana. 0. | WASHINGTON and Jefferson. 81: Bethany, o. ! Washington, 40: Puget Sound, 6. Willamette. “a: Oregan Normal, 0. Wilmington. 20: Findlay. 6. -
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)
Wisconsin 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Kansas gameWisconsin leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1976 | Kansas 34, Wisconsin 24 | |
| 1975 | Kansas 41, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 1927 | Wisconsin 26, Kansas 6 | |
| 1926 | Wisconsin 13, Kansas 0 | |
| 1902 | Wisconsin 38, Kansas 0 | |
| 1901 | Wisconsin 50, Kansas 0 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 15, 1927
- SeasonWisconsin in 1927
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 15, 1927
- SeasonKansas in 1927
- ProgramKansas history and records

