Kansas at Kansas State

Saturday, November 1, 1952

No. 9 Kansas beat Kansas State 26–⁠6. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 33–⁠14–⁠3 as played.

Away9Kansas7–⁠3 in 1952
26
HomeKansas State1–⁠9 in 1952
6

FinalHigh 77°F, low 40°FAttendance 16,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas Reich Sets Up 3 Scores oRoNOverKonsos State, 26-6

    Evening star, November 2, 1952, page 70

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    Kansas Reich Sets Up 3 Scores oRoNOverKonsos State, 26–⁠6 Reich ran the ball one yard around end for the third touchdown OF the period. Kansas, the Nations No. 8 team, travelled 80 yards from the open ing kickoff for a touchdown. Bob Brandenberry plunged a foot for the touchdown. But Kansas State, most thinlymanned team in the Big Seven, wasn’t to give up without a battle, The Wildcats moved the ball 60 yards rC the Kansas IL when they ran out of steam. A tumble recovery gave Kansas State the ball on the Kansas 19. seconds before the quarter ended and Halfback Dick Towers scored on the third play of the second period. Kansas 8 o 20 O-2t Kansas State q o. Kansas scoring: Touchdowns, Brande berry, Leoni ca. Reich. Cony ersions. Hoag Hess. Kansas State scoring: Touchdown Towers.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Kansas leads 65–⁠53–⁠5 by Kansas’s count and 64–⁠54–⁠5 by Kansas State’s (the 1980 game, which the Big Eight ordered Kansas to forfeit, is disputed); as played, 65–⁠54–⁠5 in 124 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Kansas State 35, Kansas 24
2025Kansas State 42, Kansas 17
2024Kansas State 29, Kansas 27
2023Kansas State 31, Kansas 27
2022Kansas State 47, Kansas 27
2021Kansas State 35, Kansas 10

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