Kansas at Kansas State
Saturday, November 1, 1952 Share
No. 9 Kansas beat Kansas State 26–6. It was their 50th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 33–14–3 as played.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 40°FAttendance 16,500
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Kansas–Kansas State gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | Kansas State 35, Kansas 24 | |
| 2025 | Kansas State 42, Kansas 17 | |
| 2024 | Kansas State 29, Kansas 27 | |
| 2023 | Kansas State 31, Kansas 27 | |
| 2022 | Kansas State 47, Kansas 27 | |
| 2021 | Kansas State 35, Kansas 10 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gamevs. NebraskaNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonKansas in 1952
- ProgramKansas history and records
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. WyomingNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonKansas State in 1952
- ProgramKansas State history and records

