Kansas at Denver

Friday, September 27, 1946

Kansas beat Denver 21–⁠13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayKansas7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
21
HomeDenver5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
13

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Football Gate Mark Looms With Big 1iIts On Today

    Evening star, September 28, 1946, page 11 (results column)

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    Football Gate Mark Looms With Big 1iIts On Today NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-With such standout attractions as Notre Dame Illinois, Army Oklahoma, Indiana Michigan and California Wisconsin, todays college football menu offers virtually all of the major teams across the Nation in action. And with the 1916 grid campaign still competing with baseball for the fans attention, this late-September afternoon promises to see the autumn sport well on it’s way to some new attendance records. In their traditional intersectional clash last night, Temple and South ern Methodist played to a TT tie before 10000 at Philadelphia. Up at Boston, Wake Forest ruined Boston Colleges return to bigtime foot ball by gaining a 1876 victory before 80 500. University of Miami bested Will liam and Mary, 1873, with 29,532 looking on; Georgia routed Clemson. 1912, in front of a record opening crowd of $4,000 at Athens, Ga; Kansas defeated Denver. 21–⁠13: Detroit bested Scranton, 1918; Fur man pounded Wofford, 31–⁠0. and Southern California triumphed over Washington State, 1877.

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 won as Elo’s underdog.

Kansas leads 6–⁠2–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the three 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

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