Kansas at Colorado
Saturday, October 6, 1951 Share
Colorado beat No. 20 Kansas 35–27. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 6–3–2 as played.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 33°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 29,367
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 7, 1951, page 45
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Colorado Whips Kansas, 35–27, in Big Seven Game BOULDER. Colo. Oct. 6.-Coloradios fleet = footed backfield romped for two touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters to whiz past Kansas, 35–17, in a Big Seven conference football game today. Woody Shelton. Ronnie john son and Jack Jordan raced around the Kansas ends to power Colo radios first conference victory. kansaS highly-rated passing f1zzled against an alert Colorado secondary, although Jerry Robert son did pitch Kansas to a touch down in the dying minutes. Another of Colorado’s wing footed backs, Tom Brookshier, raced IS yards through the entire Kansas team in returning a punt for a touchdown in the opening period.
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 54% to win. Colorado pulled the upset.
The series
Every Kansas–Colorado gameOfficially, Colorado leads 43–25–3; as played, 42–26–3 in 71 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2024 | Kansas 37, Colorado 21 | |
| 2010 | Kansas 52, Colorado 45 | |
| 2009 | Colorado 34, Kansas 30 | |
| 2008 | Kansas 30, Colorado 14 | |
| 2007 | Kansas 19, Colorado 14 | |
| 2006 | Kansas 20, Colorado 15 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. UtahOct. 13, 1951
- SeasonKansas in 1951
- ProgramKansas history and records
Colorado
- Next gamevs. MissouriOct. 13, 1951
- SeasonColorado in 1951
- ProgramColorado history and records

