Kansas at Missouri

Thursday, November 28, 1946. Kansas took the Indian War Drum from Missouri

Kansas beat Missouri 20–⁠19. It was their 55th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 20–⁠19–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayKansas7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1946
20
HomeMissouri5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1946
19

FinalHigh 67°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: | Three EIeyens Shine In Bidding Adieu 10 Retiring Coaches

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1946, page 44 (results column)

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    | Three EIeyens Shine In Bidding Adieu 10 Retiring Coaches NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Cornell, Colgate and Texas made the departures of their veteran coaches memorable occasions in closing their 1916 football schedules Thanksgiying Day. While Cornell lost to Penn at Philadelphia, 26–⁠20, after soaring the daylights out of the Quakers, the game was one that Ed Nc Keever, who is leaving Ithaca after two seasons, can point to with pride The husky Penn forces were expected to trample McKeever’s crew but Cornell drew first blood, scoring the first time the Red put the ball in play from scrimmage and adding two more touchdowns in thu final period after the Quaker. thought they were out of danger BY losing. Cornell lost the mythica Ivy League title. The champion ship goes to Yale, which has 4-1-1 record. Texas Wins for Bible. The Texas Longhorns presented the venerable Dana K. Bible with q going gift lin a 24–⁠7 VIC tory over Texas A. and NJ Bible, who steps out of the coaching ranks after “a years, saw his team rated No. in the Nation in mid October-salvage a third place in the Southwest Conference stand ings after an in-and-out season. Andy Kerr’s Colgate Red Raiders came through in storybook fashion to make his exit from the grid pic ture pleasurable one. The Raiders were trailing Brown, TO. going into the third period. Between halves Kerr pleaded with his charges to 60 out and get three touchdowns. They did just that and won, .20-14. Arkansas, already assured of tie ing for the lead in the Southwest Conference, was beaten by Tulsa 14–⁠13, despite a two-touchdown rally In the second half. The victory seemed certain to keep Tulsa in contention for bid to its sixth straight bowl appearance. Share Big Six Title. Kansas wound up its most sue ceSSfuI season in Is years with a 20–⁠19 triumph over Missouri’s Big Tigers. The victory gave the Jayhawkers a tie with Oklahoma for the Big Six crown. Each team has four victories and one defeat. In the Southern Conference, Will liam and Mary trounced Richmond 400. to gain the runnerup spot to North Carolina’s champions and win the Virginia State title. Wake Forest showed under crippled South Carolina crew, $50; Virginis Tech downed its traditional rival v. M. T., 20–⁠7, and Davidson beat Furman, 1877. Denver, Big Seven Conference leader, trampled Colorado College 1856, in non-league game, while Utah State defeated Utah, 22–⁠14 Bradley University was beaten by st. Louis, $500, and Fresno State shaded idaho, 1912. New Mexico A. g. M. won from Texas College OF Mines, 14–⁠7, and Wichita defeated Arizona State (Tempe), 34–⁠19. Chat tanooga thumped Cigar Bowl bound Rollins, 34–⁠6.

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)

Missouri 61% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Missouri leads 59–⁠54–⁠9 by Missouri’s count and 58–⁠55–⁠9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–⁠48–⁠8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Missouri 38, Kansas 21
2025Missouri 42, Kansas 31
2011Missouri 24, Kansas 10
2010Missouri 35, Kansas 7
2009Missouri 41, Kansas 39
2008Kansas 40, Missouri 37

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