Kansas at Denver
Friday, September 28, 1945 Share
Kansas beat Denver 20–19. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2–1.
Final
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, September 29, 1945, page 3
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GSsS FOOTBALL ! SCORES Following are the final scores ol football games played last night: Temple, T; Syracuse, 6. Kansas, 20; Denver, 19. St. Mary’s Pre-Flight, g; Col lege of the Pacific, O. Detroit, 32; Alma, Q. Eastern Flying Training Com mand, T; Auburn, 0. Maryland, 60; Guilford, 6. Bemidji Teachers, 6; North Da- xota State, 0.
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)
Denver 65% to win. Kansas pulled the upset.
The series
Every Kansas–Denver gameKansas leads 6–2–1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1950 | Kansas 46, Denver 6 | |
| 1948 | Kansas 40, Denver 0 | |
| 1947 | Kansas 9, Denver 0 | |
| 1946 | Kansas 21, Denver 13 | |
| 1945 | Kansas 20, Denver 19 | |
| 1944 | Kansas 14, Denver 14 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateOct. 6, 1945
- SeasonKansas in 1945
- ProgramKansas history and records
Denver
- Next gamevs. Oklahoma StateOct. 6, 1945
- SeasonDenver in 1945
- ProgramDenver history and records
