Kansas at Kansas State

Saturday, October 30, 1954

Kansas State beat Kansas 28–⁠6. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 33–⁠16–⁠3 as played.

AwayKansas0–⁠10 in 1954
6
HomeKansas State7–⁠3 in 1954
28

FinalHigh 47°F, low 28°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas State Beats Rival Kansas, 28-6

    Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 64

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    Kansas State Beats Rival Kansas, 28–⁠6 MANHATTAN, Kans., Oct. 30. Kansas States Wildcats, fumbling and stumbling at times, but battling all the way, scored two touchdowns in both the second and fourth quarters to whip their traditional enemy, the Kansas Jayhawks, 1876, in a Big Seven game before $1,000. The victory, scored in chilly weather, was Kansas States fifth of the season against two losses and Kansas University’s seventh straight defeat. Bill Darlington, fleet Negro halfback from Kansas City, personally led a Wildcat drive of IS yards that paid off with Car rington’s slash from the one-foot line in the second quarter. The second State touchdown came on a 26-yard pass play from Quarterback Jim Logsdon to Halfback Tony Addeo. Corky Taylor got both of Kansas States fourth-quarter touchdoWnS on passes after Kansas Tommy Webb had scored to narrow the count to 14–⁠6. Kansas O O o. 6 Kansas state ---.-.--- U ii 14–⁠2S Kansas scoring: Touchdown--Webb Webb Kansas State scoring: Touchdowns- Carrington. Addeo. Taylor ca. Con-

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 State 79% 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 72 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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