Drake at Kansas

Saturday, October 12, 1940

Kansas beat Drake 20–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; Kansas leads the series 9–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayDrake4–⁠5 in 1940
6
HomeKansas2–⁠7 in 1940
20

FinalHigh 85°F, low 54°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Ground Attack Routs Drake, 200

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1940, page 1

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    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.

Kansas leads 9–⁠6–⁠1 in 16 meetings.

Recent meetings
1940Kansas 20, Drake 6
1939Drake 12, Kansas 6
1927Kansas 7, Drake 6
1926Drake 13, Kansas 0
1925Drake 7, Kansas 0
1924Kansas 6, Drake 6

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