Kansas State at Iowa State

Saturday, November 20, 1937

Iowa State beat Kansas State 13–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, the series stood even at 10–⁠10–⁠1.

AwayKansas State4–⁠5 in 1937
7
HomeIowa State3–⁠6 in 1937
13

FinalHigh 15°F, low 8°F, 10 in. on the groundAttendance 3,157

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: KANSAS STATE UPSET Fourth-Period Rally Nets Iowa State 1877 Triumph,

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1937, page 28

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    KANSAS STATE UPSET Fourth-Period Rally Nets Iowa State 1877 Triumph, AMES. Iowa, Nov. 20 (P.-On snow-frosted gridiron the Iowa State Cyclones pulled their annual Big Six upset today by defeating a favored Kansas State football team, 1877. The Iowa Staters, without a victory in four conference starts, unveiled slashing offensive In the final to overcome seven-point lead the Kansans had taken in the third quarter.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Results

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 21, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Harvard 13; Yale 6 FOrdham 6; st. Mary’s 0 Pitt %; Pen State Z Syracuse 0; Colgate Lehigh0; Lafayette 6 Holy Cross 0; Carnegie Tech 0 Columbia 0; Dartmouth q Army Al; st. Johns 6 Duke 20; North Carolina Z Mich. 0; Ohio State 81 Princeton 26; Navy 6 Purdue 13; Indiana ! Notre Dame !; Northwestern 0 Texas Christian !; Rice 2 MINI. 13; Wise. 6 Marquette 13; Duquesne 6 Iowa State 13; Kansas State 7 Tulane 33; Sewanee Z

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)

Kansas State 61% to win. Iowa State won as Elo’s underdog.

Iowa State leads 55–⁠50–⁠4 in 109 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa State 24, Kansas State 21Aer Lingus College Football Classic
2024Iowa State 29, Kansas State 21
2023Iowa State 42, Kansas State 35
2022Kansas State 10, Iowa State 9
2021Iowa State 33, Kansas State 20
2020Iowa State 45, Kansas State 0

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