Kansas at Missouri
Thursday, November 21, 1940. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum Share
Missouri beat Kansas 45–20. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 17–16–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 38°F, 0.09 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 23, 1940, page 15
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Missouri Defeats Kansas Gridmen COLUMBIA. Mo. Uniyersity Of Missouri football team celebrsted homecoming and the final game Of the season before 1000 fans yesterday BY defeating Kan sas. 4s 10 20 in the 49th annual game between the two schools Paul Christmsn. playing ms final college game. closed out his season with great display Of passing and running.
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)
Missouri 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Kansas–Missouri gameOfficially, Missouri leads 59–54–9 by Missouri’s count and 58–55–9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–48–8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.
| 2026 | Missouri 38, Kansas 21 | |
| 2025 | Missouri 42, Kansas 31 | |
| 2011 | Missouri 24, Kansas 10 | |
| 2010 | Missouri 35, Kansas 7 | |
| 2009 | Missouri 41, Kansas 39 | |
| 2008 | Kansas 40, Missouri 37 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Colorado StateNov. 28, 1940
- SeasonKansas in 1940
- ProgramKansas history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat Ohio StateSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonMissouri in 1940
- ProgramMissouri history and records

