Missouri at Kansas
Saturday, November 25, 1939. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum Share
No. 10 Missouri beat Kansas 20–0. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 17–15–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1939, page 2 (results column)
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FOOTBALL ScoREs The following are final scores ot big games played last Saturday af- ternoon: Oklahoma 2; Nebraska 13. Auburn ?; Georgia 0. Rice o: Texas Christian 21. Iowa 2; Northwestern 2, tie. Sewanee 0; Tulane 52. California 32; Stanford IA. Oregon State IS; UCL.A. 13. tie Yale 20; Harvard T. Kansas State T; Boston College 38 Cornell 26, Penn 0. Pittsburgh O., Penn State 10. Ohio State IA; Michigan 21. Duke 28; North Carolina State 0 Purdue ‘; Indiana 6. Georgia Tech 21; Florida T. Missouri 20; Kansas 0. Wisconsin 6; Minnesota 23. Baylor 0; South. Methodist 21. Southern Calf 20; Notre Dame 12 Illinois 46; Chicago 0. Villanova T; Manhattan O. Colgate 0; Columbia o; tic. Bucknell 6; George Wash T. Temple T; Michigan State Is. Duquesne 22; Carnegie Tech ‘. Navy 0; Princeton 28. Clemson IA; Furman 3.

The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 27, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores November 25 Yale 20-Harvard T Kansas State ‘ - Boston Col ege 38 Cornell 27-Penn 0 Pitt 0-Pitt State 10 Ohio State 14-Michigan q Duke 28-North Carolina State Purdue 7-Indiana 6 Georgia Tech 21-Florida ‘ Missouri 20-Kansas 0 Wisconsin 6-Minnesota g Baylor 0-Southern Methodist 21 Southern Cal 20-Norte Dame 12 Illinois 46-Chicago 0
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)
Missouri 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Missouri–Kansas gameOfficially, Missouri leads 59–54–9 by Missouri’s count and 58–55–9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–48–8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2026 | Missouri 38, Kansas 21 | |
| 2025 | Missouri 42, Kansas 31 | |
| 2011 | Missouri 24, Kansas 10 | |
| 2010 | Missouri 35, Kansas 7 | |
| 2009 | Missouri 41, Kansas 39 | |
| 2008 | Kansas 40, Missouri 37 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechJan. 1, 1940, Orange Bowl
- SeasonMissouri in 1939
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat Iowa StateOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonKansas in 1939
- ProgramKansas history and records

