Kansas at Colorado

Saturday, October 6, 1951

Colorado beat No. 20 Kansas 35–⁠27. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 6–⁠3–⁠2 as played.

Away20Kansas8–⁠2 in 1951
27
HomeColorado7–⁠3 in 1951
35

FinalHigh 57°F, low 33°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 29,367

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colorado Whips Kansas, 35-27, in Big Seven Game

    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.

Officially, Colorado leads 43–⁠25–⁠3; as played, 42–⁠26–⁠3 in 71 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Kansas 37, Colorado 21
2010Kansas 52, Colorado 45
2009Colorado 34, Kansas 30
2008Kansas 30, Colorado 14
2007Kansas 19, Colorado 14
2006Kansas 20, Colorado 15

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