Ottawa at Kansas
Sunday, September 29, 1901 Share
Ottawa beat Kansas 16–5. It was their first meeting; after it, Ottawa led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 57°F
In the newspapers
The Butler weekly times, Butler, Mo., October 3, 1901, page 7
Read the text
Kansas University Beaten by Ottawa. Lawrence. Kan. Sept. 2s.-kansas university was Overwhelmingly defeated by the Ottawa football team Friday afternoon. The Jayhawkers played a woefully weak defensive game. allowing the Ottawans to go through any and all parts of the line. Score Is to ).
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 87% to win. Ottawa pulled the upset.
The series
Every Ottawa–Kansas gameTied 1–1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1910 | Kansas 11, Ottawa 0 | |
| 1901 | Ottawa 16, Kansas 5 |
Around this game
Ottawa
- Next gameat MissouriNov. 2, 1901
- SeasonOttawa in 1901
- ProgramOttawa history and records
Kansas
- Next gamevs. Emporia StateOct. 5, 1901
- SeasonKansas in 1901
- ProgramKansas history and records