Kansas State at Colorado
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Colorado beat Kansas State 7–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Kansas State led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 36°F, 0.27 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 6, 1940, page 36
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Vols Regain Prestige mng One Of Best Duke History 1910 Extra Point Wins For Colorado BOULDER, Colo, Oct. S. Johnny Pudlik’s place kick conversion of Vern Miller’s 40-yard second period touchdown run gave Colorado of the Big Seven a 7 to 6 victory over Kansas State of the Big Six on a wet gridiron today. Gene Fair of the visitors scam pered So yards for a tally in the next period. but Bill Nichols try for point by place kick was wide.
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)
Colorado 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kansas State–Colorado gameColorado leads 45–22–1 in 68 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.
Around this game
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. MissouriOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonKansas State in 1940
- ProgramKansas State history and records
Colorado
- Next gameat Utah StateOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonColorado in 1940
- ProgramColorado history and records

