Colorado at Kansas State

Saturday, October 1, 1949

Kansas State beat Colorado 27–⁠13. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Kansas State led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayColorado3–⁠7 in 1949
13
HomeKansas State2–⁠8 in 1949
27

FinalHigh 72°F, low 52°FAttendance 13,397

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 3, 1949, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Here are final scores of leading football games played during tht weekend: Notre Dame 27. Washington 2. < Valparaiso 32, Indiana State O. North. Illinois 27, Omaha U. 8. Indiana Teachers IA, Mansfield Teachers 0. New Hampshire 23, Rhode Islano 20. Tuskegee IA, Clark College O. California Al, Oregon State 0. Idaho State 28, Colorado Col. 6 Memphis State 34, Washington (St Louis) 0. Whitworth 27, Whitman ‘. Oberlin 45, Kenyon T. Carnegie Tech fl, Bethany 6. Kentucky AT, Mississippi 0. Va. State 20, Bluefield State 2. Massachusetts 54, Norwich 0. Texas A. and M. 13, Oklahoma 33. Carleton 19, Grinnell 6. Butler IA, Wabash 2. TCU T, Arkansas 27. Miami 18, Virginia 21. Florida 40, Tulsa 2. Bowling Green 20, Michigan Gen. tral 0. Gettysburg 21, Western Mary land O. Johns Hopkins IA, Franklin and Marshall 13. Pittsburgh Is, Northwestern 2. Colorado 13. Kansas State 27. West Virginia 28, Washington ana Lee 20. Miami IS, Virginia 21. Baylor IA, Mississippi State 6. Tufts 2, Northwestern 6. Geneva 13, Washington and Jef- ferson 6. Washington College IA, Swarth- more IA, tie. Minnesota 26, Nebraska 6. Duke 21, Tennessee 2. Georgia IA, North Carolina 2l. Iowa State 19, Kansas 6. Wisconsin 13, Illinois 13. tie. Rutgers T, Temple 14 VPI 13, William and Mary 39. Colgate 27. Cornell 39. Idaho T, Texas 56. Holy Cross 6, Brown 28. Georgia Tech o, Tulane 16. Iowa 21, Purdue T. Alabama 2, Vanderbilt IA. Navy 28, Princeton 2. Columbia IA, Harvard ‘. Michigan State 48, Marquette ‘. Ohio State 46, Indiana T. Army 42, Penn State ‘. Montana IS, Utah State 13. Portland 40, Montana State 0. Michigan 27, Stanford 2. Willamette T, Chico State 0. Eastern Washington 13, Western 6. College of Idaho 20, Lewis and Clark 12. Southern Oregon 27, Humboldt State 13. Oregon College of Education 27. IA. Southern Methodist 27, Missouri 27. Oklahoma ARM 48, Denver 2. College Pacific 34, Cincinnati ‘. Santa Clara 53, Fresno State 0. Oregon Tech IA, Eastern Ore gon 6. North Dakota 2, South Dakota (tie) Texas Tech 35, West Texas 19. Wyoming 8, Colorado A&M 0. San Jose 40, Brigham Young 2l.

  • The Evening star's story: Navy Ends Long Losing Streak; Northwestern Upset by Pitt

    Evening star, October 2, 1949, page 1 (results column)

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    Navy Ends Long Losing Streak; Northwestern Upset by Pitt Navy and Pittsburgh, doormatS of college football in recent years, wrote the gridiron banner lines yesterday. The Midshipmen broke a 15-game losing streak with a 28–⁠7 victory over Princeton at Baltimore, while Pitt knocked of Northwestern’s Rose Bowl cham pions, 1877, at Evanston, Ill. 1t was Navy’s first football triumph since 1947. Kansas State, which hadn’t scored a Big Seven Conference victory since 1914, walloped a ia vored Colorado eleven, 27–⁠13. Michigan and Notre Dame, each with a long winning streak. had trouble on the West Coast. The Irish, behind early In the game and held to a TT count at the half, rallied to defeat Wash ington, Att. Michigan, held to TO in the first half, got going after the intermission and

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)

Colorado 63% to win. Kansas State won as Elo’s underdog.

Colorado leads 45–⁠22–⁠1 in 68 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kansas State 24, Colorado 14
2024Kansas State 31, Colorado 28
2010Colorado 44, Kansas State 36
2009Kansas State 20, Colorado 6
2008Colorado 14, Kansas State 13
2007Kansas State 47, Colorado 20

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