Kansas at Iowa State

Saturday, October 11, 1952

No. 9 Kansas beat Iowa State 43–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 16–⁠11–⁠4.

Away9Kansas7–⁠3 in 1952
43
HomeIowa State3–⁠6 in 1952
0

FinalHigh 70°F, low 36°FAttendance 10,101

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oklahoma Rips Texas 492O Kansas Crushes Iowa State 43 Great Lakes Sailors Hand Fort Knox First Defeat

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 73

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    Oklahoma Rips Texas 492O Kansas Crushes Iowa State 43 Great Lakes Sailors Hand Fort Knox First Defeat GREAT LAKES. ILL.,, Oct. IL Great Lakes Naval Training Gen. ter defeated Fort Knox. KY, 1876, on Constitution Field today in game televised by CHS on the Special Service football network. 1t was the Soldiers first loss in four starts this season ard gave the TarS a record of three wins and two losses. Great Lakes scored first on Joe Rayls 31-yard end run early in the second quarter. Martin kicked the extra point. Shortly after. the Sailors scored again when Quarterback Junior Arterburn screen-passed to Halfback Claude Taliafero, who sprinted “a yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter Mickey Carter, Fort Knox quarterback, passed 10 yards to End Horace White for the Soldiers only score. Four plays later Arterburn passed to Rayl on a touchdown play COW ering 81 yards. Great Lakes --------- 13 0–⁠1o

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Kansas leads 52–⁠46–⁠6 in 104 meetings, counting the 73 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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