Kansas at Iowa State

Saturday, October 22, 1938

Iowa State beat Kansas 21–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 8–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayKansas3–⁠6 in 1938
7
HomeIowa State7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1938
21

FinalHigh 59°F, low 33°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 14,076

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: IOWA STATE WINS AGAIN Beats Kansas, 21-7, for Third Conference Victory.

    Evening star, October 23, 1938, page 28

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    IOWA STATE WINS AGAIN Beats Kansas, 21–⁠7, for Third Conference Victory. AMES, Iowa, Oct. % R).-Iowa States Cyclones conquered stubborn Kansas football team. 81 to 7, here today in the third straight Big Six Conference triumph for the victors. A crowd of 5000 home corners saw the Cyclone offense, led by Kischer and Wilder, pile up 21-point lead at the half and coast to victory.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Kansas leads 52–⁠46–⁠6 in 104 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa State 38, Kansas 14
2024Kansas 45, Iowa State 36
2023Kansas 28, Iowa State 21
2022Kansas 14, Iowa State 11
2021Iowa State 59, Kansas 7
2020Iowa State 52, Kansas 22

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