Missouri at Kansas

Saturday, November 25, 1939. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum

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.

Away10Missouri8–⁠2 in 1939
20
HomeKansas2–⁠6 in 1939
0

FinalHigh 46°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ScoREs

    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 The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2026Missouri 38, Kansas 21
2025Missouri 42, Kansas 31
2011Missouri 24, Kansas 10
2010Missouri 35, Kansas 7
2009Missouri 41, Kansas 39
2008Kansas 40, Missouri 37

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