Kansas State at Colorado

Saturday, October 5, 1940

Colorado beat Kansas State 7–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Kansas State led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayKansas State2–⁠7 in 1940
6
HomeColorado5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1940
7

FinalHigh 55°F, low 36°F, 0.27 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Vols Regain Prestige mng One Of Best Duke History 1910 Extra Point Wins For Colorado

    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.

Colorado leads 45–⁠22–⁠1 in 68 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kansas State 24, Colorado 14
2024Kansas State 31, Colorado 28
2010Colorado 44, Kansas State 36
2009Kansas State 20, Colorado 6
2008Colorado 14, Kansas State 13
2007Kansas State 47, Colorado 20

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