Drake at Kansas
Saturday, October 12, 1940 Share
Kansas beat Drake 20–6. It was their 16th meeting; Kansas leads the series 9–6–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 54°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1940, page 1
Read the text
Kansas Ground Attack Routs Drake, 200 LAWRENCE, Kans, Oct. II P.- Kansas Jayhawkers-expected to match Drake University’s Wanted aerial attack toss for toss-concentrated instead on a ground attack today and romped to a 20-to-0 nom conference football victory. Eight thousand fans sweltered In the sun as the Jayhawkers hung up their first win of the season.
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)
Kansas 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Kansas gameKansas leads 9–6–1 in 16 meetings.
| 1940 | Kansas 20, Drake 6 | |
| 1939 | Drake 12, Kansas 6 | |
| 1927 | Kansas 7, Drake 6 | |
| 1926 | Drake 13, Kansas 0 | |
| 1925 | Drake 7, Kansas 0 | |
| 1924 | Kansas 6, Drake 6 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gameat NavyOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonDrake in 1940
- ProgramDrake history and records
Kansas
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 19, 1940
- SeasonKansas in 1940
- ProgramKansas history and records

