Kansas at Iowa State

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Kansas beat Iowa State 33–⁠21. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 14–⁠11–⁠4.

AwayKansas6–⁠4 in 1950
33
HomeIowa State3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1950
21

FinalHigh 76°F, low 55°FAttendance 17,392

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Power Beats Iowa State, 33 10 Il

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 45

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    Kansas Power Beats Iowa State, 33 10 Il AMES, Iowa. Oct. 14.-A run ming game triumphed over a passing game here today as a passing game here today as a pair OF hard-driving Kansas backs hammered through and over Iowa State for 1921 victory. The victory. watched in warm October sun by 19,5O0, gave Kan sas the lead in the Big Seven Conference race with two victories in as many starts. Kansas powered 48 yards in 10 plays for a touchdown the second time it got the ball. The Jay hawks struck again in the first period and made it 1870 early in the second. They added two more in the third period after Iowa State had scored twice in the second to make it 1914 at halftime. State scored once more in the third. 1t was story of the hard pumping legs of Kansas Backs Charles Hoag and Wade Stinson against the pitching arm of Passer Bill Weeks. Sophomore Hoag scored the Jayhawks’ first touchdown on a 2-yard plunge and its last on a beautiful 32-yard dash off tackle on which he ran over most of the Cyclone team. He had a net gain of 140 yards in 19 tries. Stinson gained 119 yards in “a attempts. He scored once in the first on a 19-yard end ruin and again in the second when he dived over from the 2.

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Kansas leads 52–⁠46–⁠6 in 104 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa State 38, Kansas 14
2024Kansas 45, Iowa State 36
2023Kansas 28, Iowa State 21
2022Kansas 14, Iowa State 11
2021Iowa State 59, Kansas 7
2020Iowa State 52, Kansas 22

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