TCU at Kansas

Saturday, September 18, 1954

TCU beat Kansas 27–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 8–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayTCU4–⁠6 in 1954
27
HomeKansas0–⁠10 in 1954
6

FinalHigh 95°F, low 72°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .Sophs Save Frogs After Jayhawkers T1wart First Team

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 19, 1954, page 70

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    .Sophs Save Frogs After Jayhawkers T1wart First Team LAWRENCE, Kans., Sept. 1S. Its first team stalled by the desperately battling Kansas Jay hawkers. Texas Christian Uni versity’s Horned Frogs used an all-sophomore second team for three touchdowns and a 27–⁠6 victory in a football season open. er here today. A partisan crowd of 10000. watching in humid, 90-degree plus weather, got its thrills in the first half as Kansas, playing

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 50% to win. TCU won as Elo’s underdog.

TCU leads 27–⁠9–⁠4 in 40 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024TCU 38, Kansas 27
2022TCU 38, Kansas 31
2021TCU 31, Kansas 28
2020TCU 59, Kansas 23
2019TCU 51, Kansas 14
2018Kansas 27, TCU 26

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