Texas at Kansas

Saturday, September 24, 1938

Kansas beat Texas 19–⁠18. It was their second meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayTexas1–⁠8 in 1938
18
HomeKansas3–⁠6 in 1938
19

FinalHigh 91°F, low 52°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Statisties. POINT DECIDES GAME Kansas Trims Texas, 1918, on Extra-Point Boot by Gibbens,

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 25, 1938, page 25

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    Statisties. POINT DECIDES GAME Kansas Trims Texas, 1918, on Extra-Point Boot by Gibbens, LAWRENCE. Kan, Sept. ~ R.- A dropkick for an extra point by Chester Gibbens provided the margin by which the University Of Kansas Jayhawks defeated the University of Texas in a thrill-packed football game today, 10 to l8. The Kansans scored all their points on brilliant running and passing attack and an intercepted pass. Texas scored all its points in the last half, the final touchdown coming with only IS seconds remaining,

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas leads 18–⁠4 in 22 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 40, Kansas 14
2022Texas 55, Kansas 14
2021Kansas 57, Texas 56
2019Texas 50, Kansas 48
2018Texas 24, Kansas 17
2017Texas 42, Kansas 27

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