Kansas at Arizona

Saturday, November 29, 1947

No. 13 Kansas beat Arizona 54–⁠28. It was their third meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠1.

Away13Kansas8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1947
54
HomeArizona5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1947
28

FinalHigh 79°F, low 47°FAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 1, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    (Fla.) last night before winning 21–⁠6. But Kansas, co-champions of the Big Six with Oklahoma, flattened Arizona 54–⁠28. Ray Evans, Kansas splendid back, had a hand in six of the Jay hawks touchdowns. Another outstanding indivual performance was turned in by chucking Charley Conerly who completed 13 of 19 passes for 180 yeards to lead Mississippi to a 1914 victory over Mississippi State that gave Ole Miss it’s first undisputed Southeast ern Conference title. A third conference champion ship was sewed up yesterday. Texas Tech, by upsetting Hardin-Simmons, 1916, not only won the Border Conference pen |nant but placed itself in The Sun Bowl. There were five other form reversals of major and minor proportions. Holy Cross, playing it’s last game for the resigned coach, Ok Dagrosa, surprised Boston College 20–⁠6; underdog North Carolina State played Maryland to an 90 tie; Oregon State, paced by dashing Dick Gray, upended Nebras 27–⁠6; and Fordham fought New York U. to a 1913 tie in the battle of New York. Besides Dagrosa, another coach ended his reign on triumphant notre. Bill Kern, resigned west Virginia Mentor, saw his Mountaineers wallop Pittsburgh 17–⁠2 for the first West Virginia win over pan the squad since 1923. In other important games yes terday. North Carolin trampled Virginia 40–⁠7; Rice buried Baylor in the last half 34–⁠6; Tennessee made it three ir a row in a late season come back campaign by downing Vanderbilt, 1877; Florida suffer ed it’s 26th straight loss, 25–⁠7; Oklahoma came surging from behind to conquer Oklahoma A & M. 21–⁠13; Michigan State cele brated its Hawaiian invasion by trolling over Hawaii, 58–⁠19; ane West Texas State halted N “ Mexico, 28–⁠18.

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, December 1, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following a4e the final scores of leading football games played during the past weel1end: Navy 0, .irmy 2i. New York University IS; Ford ham IS. North Carolina State 0; Mor, loi ( o. Vanderti;t T; Tlrnessee 12 Kansas state 2; Fonda 25. West Virginia IT; Pi,r ?. Holy Cross 20; Boston College 6 Georgia o; Georgia Tech :. Virginia ‘; North Carolina 10 Southsrn Methodist 19; Teya’ Christian 19, tie. Oklahoma ARM 13; Oklahoma 2l Oregon State 27; Nebraska 6. Mississippi 33; Mississippi S II Texas Tech IA; Hardin-Sin,. mons 6. Baylor 6; Rice 34. West Texas State 28; New Mex. ico Is. Michigan State 58; Hawaii 19 Alabama 21; Miami G. Kansas 54; Arizona 28.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 3–⁠3–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Arizona 24, Kansas 20
1966Kansas 35, Arizona 13
1965Arizona 23, Kansas 15
1949Kansas 46, Arizona 0
1947Kansas 54, Arizona 28
1937Arizona 9, Kansas 7

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