Kansas at Kansas State

Saturday, October 26, 1940

Kansas State beat Kansas 20–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 22–⁠13–⁠3 as played.

AwayKansas2–⁠7 in 1940
0
HomeKansas State2–⁠7 in 1940
20

FinalHigh 83°FAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas State Victor Over Jayhawks, 700; Gets State Title

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1940, page 27

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    Kansas State Victor Over Jayhawks, 700; Gets State Title MANHATTAN. Kas.. Oct 26 tP’.- Kansas State Wildcats performed in business-like fashion today to dispose of Kansas University. 20 to o. in the annual “grudge’ battle for the States gridiron supremacy. The Wildcats running attack rolled freely to permit touchdown in every period but the third. and their determined defense checked every Jayhawk scoring threat. K-State’s Quarterback Kent Duwe Travelled exactly 140 yards on the ground for an average per try of 4.3 yards. Ray Rokey, who replaced the Wildcats ace, Christ Langvardt, at right half after the latter was injured. caught Duwe’s pass for the initial touchdown and broke away for several good gains. One was for 80 yards on a reverse in the first period

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Football Scores

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores River Falls. (Wis.l Teachers 10; Eau Claire Teachers s. Carthage 6; Monmouth 0. Peru (Neb.) Teachers I; Wayne Z (Tie). Lake Forest “A; James Millikin 6. Beloit II; Knox 6. Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Teachers % William Penn College 0. Dekalb 70: Wheaton 6. Morningside 10: Amaha L. Z. Illinois College 10; Elmhurst O. Notre Dame %: Illinois 0. Michigan II: Pennsylvania 0. Northwestern 20: Indiana I. Minnesota “a Iowa &. Wisconsin IA: Purdue Is. Nebraska 20: Missouri I. Texas Tech 20; Marquette 10. Santa Clara O: Michigan State 0 (Tie). Kansas State 20: Kansas 0. Oklahoma 20: Iowa State I. Dayton U. Z: Cincinnati L. O.. Western Reserve Al: Miami (O.) G.. Ohio University 0; Ohio Wesleyan O.. (Tie). Hiram IS: Allegheny o.. Wooster IA Muskingum 8. Bowling Green Z: Capital I (Tie). Ohio Northland SO: Ashland O. Denison 13; Marietta 6. Heidelberg IS; Mount Union I. Alma 10: Kalamazoo .. Wittenberg 20; Lawrence Tech O.. Toledo 10; Western (Mich.) Teach ers 0. SOUTHWEST Tulsa Z: Texas Christian O. Rice 13: Texas O.. Texas A. & NJ. IA: Baylor T. Arkansas State 1o3; Austin Pcay Nor NAL 0. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Colorado 60: Wyoming o. Colorado State {: New Mexico 6. Utah %; Denver II. Utah State o.: Idaho O (Tie). “ Montana 10: Gonzaga 10. Montana State Z: Greeley State O.. - Western State 13; Regis 0. FAR WEST Stanford u: Southern California Z. Washington I: California E. Oregon State Z; University California Los Angeles 0. Oregon s; Washington State 6 (Tie).

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 State 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Kansas leads 65–⁠53–⁠5 by Kansas’s count and 64–⁠54–⁠5 by Kansas State’s (the 1980 game, which the Big Eight ordered Kansas to forfeit, is disputed); as played, 65–⁠54–⁠5 in 124 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Kansas State 35, Kansas 24
2025Kansas State 42, Kansas 17
2024Kansas State 29, Kansas 27
2023Kansas State 31, Kansas 27
2022Kansas State 47, Kansas 27
2021Kansas State 35, Kansas 10

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