Colorado at Kansas
Saturday, October 2, 1948 Share
Kansas beat Colorado 40–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 5–1–2 as played.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 52°FAttendance 21,000
In the newspapers

Roanoke Rapids daily herald, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., October 3, 1948, page 1 (results column)
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Justice Steals Spotlight Second Straight Week as Northwestern Steps Into Center of Grid Stage. dict over Iowa in which blond Harry Jagade loped 20 yards for the only score. Wisconsin’s Bob Petruska hurried 40 yards with Illinois kickoff that gave his mates chance to score the late touchdown that brought a 20 to 16 victory. Michigan State, Notre Danes next opponent, worked out at the expense of Hawaii, SO to 81. Army gained momentum in crushing Lafayette, 81 to 7. and Cornell pounded another defeat on the growing list of Navy, Is to 7. The Middies last triumph came a year ago against the upstate New Workers.. Between yawns, Pennsylvania Travelled over Dartmouth, rs to 10, and Bill Osmanski’s Holy Cross students came up with another top grade exhibition to defeat Syracuse, SO to Z. AL Egler of Colgate went SO and IS yards the first two times he touched the ball but it wasn’t enough as the Red Raiders bow ed to Rutgers, “a to 10. Penn State, champion Of the east year ago, opened its 1913 drive for similar honors with a IS to 0 verdict over Bucknell. Nebraska stepped outside the Big Seven and got trounced by Minnesota, 80 to 10. Only Mime sofas last touchdown was “earned” all the others coming from fumbles or pass interruptions. Oklahoma and Oklahoma A and M each registered convincing triumphs, the Sooners mastering Texas A and M, AZ to IA. and the Aggies nicking Denver, q to- Z. Iowa State increased Kansas States string Of defeats to % with a 20 to 0 verdict and Kan sas indicted Colorado into the Big Seven 40 to 7. The two big teams Of the Southwest Conference, Texas and Southern Methodist, spent the day against minor foes. Texas bumped New Mexico, A to 0, and SMU walloped Texas Tech, Al to 6. California, showing no Ill effects Of its trans-continental journey for last weeks Navy game, mastered St. Mary’s 20 to O, and Washington State shadowed Stanford, IA to Z, on 4 last period touchdown. Oregon State and Washington tied. II to IA. UCLA pasted up an easy vic tory, % to u, at the expense Of Idaho.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colorado–Kansas gameOfficially, Colorado leads 43–25–3; as played, 42–26–3 in 71 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
| 2024 | Kansas 37, Colorado 21 | |
| 2010 | Kansas 52, Colorado 45 | |
| 2009 | Colorado 34, Kansas 30 | |
| 2008 | Kansas 30, Colorado 14 | |
| 2007 | Kansas 19, Colorado 14 | |
| 2006 | Kansas 20, Colorado 15 |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gamevs. NebraskaOct. 9, 1948
- SeasonColorado in 1948
- ProgramColorado history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat Iowa StateOct. 9, 1948
- SeasonKansas in 1948
- ProgramKansas history and records

