Kansas at Missouri

Thursday, November 26, 1942. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum

Missouri beat Kansas 42–⁠13. It was their 51st meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 18–⁠17–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayKansas2–⁠8 in 1942
13
HomeMissouri8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
42

FinalHigh 38°F, low 25°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL i. SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1942, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL i. SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played on Thanksgiving Day: Lakehurst Naval 0; Duquesne 13 Cornell 2; Penn 34 John Carroll 0; Akron 0. Case 0. Western Reserve 25. Colgate IS; Brown 0, Arkansas T; Tulsa 40. Utah State 21; Wichita 13. Miami 12; Cincinnati 21. Louisiana State IS; Tulane 6. Washington University at St. Louis 0; St Louis 26. Great Lakes AS; Northwestern o South Carolina l2; Wake Forest 33. vMI 6; Virginia Tech 20. William and Mary 10; Rich mond 0. Texas Aggies 6; Texas Uni versity 12. Idaho T; Utah l3 Centre IA; Chattanooga 61. Colorado 3l; Denver 6. Kansas 13; Missouri 42 Brooklyn 27; College City of New York G.

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Missouri 38, Kansas 21
2025Missouri 42, Kansas 31
2011Missouri 24, Kansas 10
2010Missouri 35, Kansas 7
2009Missouri 41, Kansas 39
2008Kansas 40, Missouri 37

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