Kansas at Denver

Friday, September 28, 1945

Kansas beat Denver 20–⁠19. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayKansas4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1945
20
HomeDenver4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1945
19

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GSsS FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    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.

Kansas leads 6–⁠2–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Kansas 46, Denver 6
1948Kansas 40, Denver 0
1947Kansas 9, Denver 0
1946Kansas 21, Denver 13
1945Kansas 20, Denver 19
1944Kansas 14, Denver 14

Around this game

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