Kansas State at Northwestern
Saturday, October 1, 1938 Share
Northwestern beat Kansas State 21–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 1, 1938, page 1 (results column)
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FOOT BAIL @ {A{2SW{1 IFS Ne The following are scores of foot ball games played in the states this afternoon as received up to press time Columbia 27; Yale IA. Indiana O; Ohio State 6. Nebraska 2; Minnesota Is. Brown 20; Harvard 13. Michigan State 0; Michigan IA. Army 39; Virginia Tech O. Lafayette 6; Pennsylvania 34. Boston 6; Lehigh 6. Colorado 2; Missouri IA. Purdue 21; Butler 6. Kansas 0; Notre Dame 52. Kansas State 0; Northwestern 21. University of Washington 12; Idaho 12.
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)
Northwestern 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kansas State–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1941 | Northwestern 51, Kansas State 3 | |
| 1938 | Northwestern 21, Kansas State 0 |
Around this game
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. MissouriOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonKansas State in 1938
- ProgramKansas State history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. DrakeOct. 8, 1938
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1938
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

