Kansas at Iowa State

Saturday, October 12, 1946

Kansas beat Iowa State 24–⁠8. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 11–⁠10–⁠4.

AwayKansas7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
24
HomeIowa State2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1946
8

FinalHigh 47°F, low 32°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Kansas In Victory

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 13, 1946, page 1

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    Kansas In Victory AMES, Ia, Oct. 12.-(P-Scoring touchdowns in each of the first three periods and booting a field goal in the final quarter, Kansas today trounced Iowa State 24–⁠8 in their Big Six football contest here TODAY.

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)

Iowa State 59% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.

Kansas leads 52–⁠46–⁠6 in 104 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa State 38, Kansas 14
2024Kansas 45, Iowa State 36
2023Kansas 28, Iowa State 21
2022Kansas 14, Iowa State 11
2021Iowa State 59, Kansas 7
2020Iowa State 52, Kansas 22

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