Kansas State at Kansas

Saturday, October 30, 1943

Kansas beat Kansas State 25–⁠2. It was their 41st meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 25–⁠13–⁠3 as played.

AwayKansas State1–⁠7 in 1943
2
HomeKansas4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1943
25

FinalHigh 69°F, low 55°F, 0.29 in. of rainAttendance 2,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: University Of Kansas Beats Kansas Staters

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 31, 1943, page 1

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    University Of Kansas Beats Kansas Staters LAWRENCE, Kas., Oct. 3o.-fR The University of Kansas Jay hawkers, displaying a new-found scoring punch, toppled their cross state cousins, the Kansas State Wildcats, 25–⁠2 today in Big Six conference football game before less than 300 spectators.

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 66% 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 83 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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