Washburn vs. Kansas

Friday, October 12, 1945

Kansas beat Washburn 34–⁠0. It was their 30th meeting; Kansas leads the series 23–⁠3–⁠4.

Neutral siteWashburn1–⁠1 in 1945
0
Neutral siteKansas4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1945
34

FinalHigh 81°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES . The following are final scores ot football games played last night. Oklahoma A & M 26 Southern Methodist 12. Temple GA; Bucknell O. Syracuse 12; West Virginia O. Denver 21; Utah ‘. Boston College 28; New York U. O. Kansas 34; Washburn 0. Drake 34; South Dakota State O. Colorado (Greeley) State 59; Ne braska State Teachers 12.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Kansas leads 23–⁠3–⁠4 in 30 meetings.

Recent meetings
1945Kansas 34, Washburn 0
1944Kansas 47, Washburn 0
1943Kansas 13, Washburn 0
1943Kansas 0, Washburn 0
1938Kansas 58, Washburn 14
1937Kansas 25, Washburn 2

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