Missouri at Kansas State

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Missouri beat Kansas State 28–⁠7. It was their 36th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 21–⁠11–⁠4 as played.

AwayMissouri4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
28
HomeKansas State1–⁠9–⁠1 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 85°F, low 52°FAttendance 15,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas State Beaten BY Missouri, N-7

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

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    Kansas State Beaten BY Missouri, N-7 MANHATTAN, Kan, Oct. IA Twice-beaten Missouri opened it’s Big Seven football campaign with decisive but unimpressive 28–⁠7 victory over Kansas State Wild cats today. The Tigers scored a touchdown in each quarter and were in controll at all times but their ball handling was bad and their mistakes numerous. A crowd OF 1880 saw the game. Quarterback Phil Klein flipped a pass to Harold Carter that COW cred SO yards for the first touch down late in the opening quarter. The other touchdowns were by Fullback Bob Deneke from six inches out on the first play of the second quarter; by Bob Spoeneman on a 12-yard pass from Klein in the third, and by Ed Stephens from the one-foot mark in the fourth.

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)

Missouri 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Missouri leads 61–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 60–⁠34–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Missouri 30, Kansas State 27
2022Kansas State 40, Missouri 12
2011Kansas State 24, Missouri 17
2010Missouri 38, Kansas State 28
2009Missouri 38, Kansas State 12
2008Missouri 41, Kansas State 24

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