Kansas at Fort Riley

Thursday, November 25, 1943

Fort Riley beat Kansas 22–⁠7. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayKansas4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1943
7
HomeFort Riley6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1943
22

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: FAyORITES WIN THURSDAY TlLTS

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 26, 1943, page 6 (results column)

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    FAyORITES WIN THURSDAY TlLTS NEW YORK. Nov. 26 CUrJ-The slimmest Thanksgiving Day foot ball schedule in years followed form yesterday with The faVorite5 VIM ming in all but isolated cases. The casts big Turkey Day contest pittcd Penn against Cornell at Franklin field in Philadelphia with favored Penn coming from behind in the last quarter to close its season with a 20–⁠14 victory over a stubborn Big Red eleven. Halfback Joc MichaelS tailed the deciding touchdown when Penn recovered a Cornell tumble deep in Big Red territory BuckneSS provided the days big gest upset defeating Franklin and Marshall, previously unbeaten, 81 13. Victorious in eight games prior to yesterdays, including one vic tory over BuckneSs, F. & M, had figured strongly as a possible can didatc for a bowl bid. In the only other eastern contest. Colgate defeated Brown, 21-H in their annual grudgc battle played n the n.crn.ng. The SoCth’S biggest game was TIC clash between Texas ana Texas AIM, with Texas handing the AgeicS their first defeat, 27-l3. ARM however accepted an Orange Bowl bid Immediately after the contest and will meet ISU in the 10Th an nual southern post season game. Tulsa, still undclcated and look ing for its third straight bowl bid. tromced Arkansas CLIO, Vanderbilt defeated Tennessee Tech, 45–⁠7 Maryland triumphCd over VMI, 81 ID, South Carolina beat Wake Forest, 1872 in a mild upset, Camp Davis trounccd Fort Bragg, 42–⁠0. TuSkegec beat Alabama State Teachers, 1913, Morris Brown scored 1876 victory over Clark, Rich mond defeated the Charleston Coast Guard, 2O-6 and North Carolina pre-Flight dumped North Carolina State, PIT. In the midwest the Fort Riley Centaurs defeated Kansas 22–⁠7 and Miami University of Ohio trolmced Xavier 52–⁠7. In Rocky Mountain games, Okla homa AIM beat Denver 7–⁠6 in the snow and Utah remained without a victory this season, losing to ST. Mary’s $40.

  • The Evening star's story: Football Continued From Page A-16)

    Evening star, November 26, 1943, page 17 (results column)

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    Football Continued From Page A-16) barbecued the Arkansas Razorbacks, 6l-0. Other noteworthy holiday returns showed South Carolina knocking Wake Forest out OF postseason consideration, 1872; Maryland stopping V. M. l., 21–⁠14; North Carolina Preflight slapping North Carolina State, 21–⁠7; Fort Riley winning over Kansas, 22–⁠7; st. Mary’s defeating Utah, $40, and Oklahoma Aggies nosfng out Denver, 7–⁠6. Other Big Games. In addition to the Arny-Navy Notre Dame-Great Lakes contests tomorrow’s schedule includes the traditional Georgia–Georgia Tech fuss, with the Engineers listening for bowl invite If they can get past the Bulldogs. Over in Houston they may have the best Of the day when the Ran dolph Field Flyers, with Tulsa’s Glenn Dobbs doing the chucking meet up with Southwestern Louisiana’s great Alvin Dark. The West Coast has a double feature: Del Monte Prefight and California and the Southern Cali fornia VS.. U. c. L. A. spectacle. Iowa Pref1ight ends its season against Minnesota and Oklahoma visits Nebraska In the Midwest’s principal games. The South will see Texas Chris tian tackling Southern Methodist, southwestern Texas facing Rice, North Carolina’s Tar Heels playing Virginia at Norfolk and Camp Lejeune testing Jacksonville Navy. Lafayette and Lehigh conclude their traditional rivalry for the year by meeting for a second time at Bethlehem, Pa, and Brooklyn Col lege invades New Brunswick, N. j., for date with Rutgers in other standout final games.

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)

Fort Riley 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Fort Riley leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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