Colorado at Kansas State
Saturday, October 17, 1953 Share
Kansas State beat Colorado 28–14. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 5–4.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 60°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 14,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 18, 1953, page 64
Read the text
Kansas State Defeats Colorado, q 10 ID MANHATTAN, Kans., Oct. II. Kansas States Wildcats struck with four long-distance touch down plays today to defeat Colo rado, 28–14, in their third Big Seven conference football vic tory. Today’s success, with $4,000 fans looking on, assured Kansas State of it’s best season since Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf directed the Cats to the conference championship in 1884. The first time State got the ball, Beryl Switzer romped 80 yards for a score. Colorado ---- O 0 z id Kansas State -7 6 9–2S
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)
Colorado 57% to win. Kansas State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colorado–Kansas State gameColorado leads 45–22–1 in 68 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gameat OklahomaOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonColorado in 1953
- ProgramColorado history and records
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. Wichita StateOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonKansas State in 1953
- ProgramKansas State history and records