Missouri at Kansas
Saturday, November 22, 1941. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum Share
No. 8 Missouri beat Kansas 45–6. It was their 50th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 17–17–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 29°F, 0.2 in. of snow
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 23, 1941, page 45
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Missouri C|inches Big Six Title By Romping Over Kansas, 45–6 Ready for Bowl Bid After Ice, steuber, Wade Gain Amazingly on Muddy Grid LAWRENCE Kans Nov 22-Mssouri its formation ticking dazzling long with the regularity of the falling and rain capped football today with dynamic 45–6 triumph Kansas their dressing Immediately after the game the VIC unanimously bowl invitation if offered homecoming fans huddled in the stands

Imperial Valley press, November 24, 1941, page 2 (results column)
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NEW YORK. Nov. - Up Minnesota gained its second straight ao,jonal football crown today AS he season entered the final week MN I’VE conference races settled aNG three more due for decision on a ,.maX program which Will solve .nc bow, riddles and bring together chose perennial laycrites – Army md NuHy. TIE Golden GopnerS set Satur- ....,.~ p..c by wrapping up the ~.-.csn conference pennant ana 1a., Nos.e Dame ard Duke match ... .htn: A.M0,; >:”lkc for stride .t ..H.>..i@- without. defeat and ....-.1.. 0.G~ &c. .at mythical ma Iona. b..uu.r jltu>e.s Is. A triumph over Southern California gave the Irish their best year since 1880. Another titan won a title on BYE. Tha: was Texas a. & NJ. which shuChed The Southwestern cham p.onsh!p VIXEN Texas Christian lost It’s claim by tying Rice The AgeieS can’t be displaced even if they should lose to Texas Like Mime sofa. they have LED their section TWO years IL 4 row M.sSour. returned TO greatness b. pounding home the last nail in the ols SIX pennant and Penn ana Utah repeated il the Ivy Loop and Big Seven. The other three conference races Pacific coast. Sou thern and SoutkoaStern-will be washed up Saturday when games are expected 10 clarity the bowl positions OF Ore gOn State. Fordham. Vanderbilt, Clemson and the MiSsissippis. He.e are the weekend develop mentS and a list Of things to come :: The Middle West-M II Il e o t a crushed Wisconsin. 4l-6, for its 18th straight triumph and the clincher III the Big 10. Michigan and Ohio State hattled TO q 1920 tie and deadlocked for second place in the conference. Northwestern gave Bob ZuDpke q sad send off by plaster irg Illinois, 27-O and Indiana won the Oaken Bucket by shading Purdue. 10 In the Big Six Missouri wound up with a 45–6 conquest of Kansas to finish undefeated in the conference. Kansas State tied Iowa State within the loop, while Ne braska beat Iowa, 14-l3, and Okla homa shattered Marquette, ella, outside Notre Dame topped the in dependents. shading Southern Cali tornia. 20-l8. The only games scheduled in the Midlands this week match Oklahoma with Nebraska and Marquette with Iowa State. The East-Pennsylvania won its second iyv wreath. blanking Cor nell, 80 while Harvard defeated Yale, l4–0, and Colgate plastered Columbia. 3O-21 Fordham paced the independents, smacking St. Mary’S, 35–6. for the most lop-sidej triumph OF Z !ong series. Penn State knocked off the Pitt Partners, 3l-7, and both the service teams came thru tor their big meeting next Saturday. Nav whiteWashed Princeton, 23–0, and Army barely nicked West Virginia, 7–6. Auburn defeated Villa

The Daily Alaska empire, November 24, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr The following are final scores or important games of football played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon 19; Washington l3. Oregon State 27; Montana 0. Washington State 59; Gonzaga 0. San Jose State O; San Fran cisco 20. Santa Clara 3l; UCLA IS. Mississippi State 49; Millsaps 6. Montana State 0; Idaho 39. Pennsylvania 16; Cornell 0. Boston College 19; Boston Uni versity ‘. Lafayette AT; Lehigh 2. Yale 0; Harvard IA. Temple 31; Holy Cross l3. West Virginia 6; Army ‘. Penn State 31; Pittsburgh ‘. Ohio 20; Michigan 20, tie. Ohio Wesleyan T; Michigan State 31. St. Mary’s ‘; Fordham 35. Georgia Tech ‘: Florida IA. Clemson 34; Furman 6. Navy 23; Princeton o. Duke 55; North Carolina G. Bucknell 42; Albright 0. Colgate 30; Columbia 2l. Tennessee 20; Kentucky ‘. Southern California Is; Notre Dame 20 Iowa 13; Nebraska IA. Rice 0; Texas Christian 0. Dartmouth 0; Georgia 35. Missouri 45; Kansas 6. Kansas State 12; Iowa State l2 tie. Alabama 0; Vanderbilt ‘. Arkansas O; Mississippi l8. Baylor o; Southern Methodist II Drake G. Tulsa 20. Wisconsin G; Minnesota Al.
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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Missouri–Kansas 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 72 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
Missouri
- Next gamevs. FordhamJan. 1, 1942, Sugar Bowl
- SeasonMissouri in 1941
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Iowa Pre-FlightSept. 19, 1942
- SeasonKansas in 1941
- ProgramKansas history and records

