Kansas State at Kansas

Saturday, October 29, 1949

Kansas beat Kansas State 38–⁠0. It was their 47th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 30–⁠14–⁠3 as played.

AwayKansas State2–⁠8 in 1949
0
HomeKansas5–⁠5 in 1949
38

FinalHigh 72°F, low 45°FAttendance 33,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Romp to Victory Over Kansas State, $50

    Evening star, October 30, 1949, page 46

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    Kansas Romp to Victory Over Kansas State, $50 LAWRENCE, Kans., Oct. 90 University Of Kansas shutout Kansas State. $50. here today for its first Big Seven Conference football victory of the season. Before 33,500 fans. the Jay hawks got away to an early lead and then uncorked the works in the second half against their rap idly tiring enemy. Kansas State did its best in the first half to make a battle of it, but without its hard hitting fullback. Gerald Hackney. out with an injury, 1t lacked the punch.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Kansas leads 65–⁠53–⁠5 by Kansas’s count and 64–⁠54–⁠5 by Kansas State’s (the 1980 game, which the Big Eight ordered Kansas to forfeit, is disputed); as played, 65–⁠54–⁠5 in 124 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Kansas State 35, Kansas 24
2025Kansas State 42, Kansas 17
2024Kansas State 29, Kansas 27
2023Kansas State 31, Kansas 27
2022Kansas State 47, Kansas 27
2021Kansas State 35, Kansas 10

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