Kansas at Missouri

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1954, page 71

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  Tigers Clear Bench, Hand Kansas 10Th Loss Of Year, 41–⁠18 & 4 “a rT~-- COLUMBIA. Mo-, Nov. 20, The Missouri Tigers used all Of their substitutes today In a 4l-1S victory that ended the first winless football season in the his tory Of the, Kansas Jayhawks. It was no contest before a Missouri homecoming crowd OF $4,000. The game was played In clear, cool weather. Missouri completed it’s Big Seven schedule with a 3-2-1 record. 1t was Kansas 10th loss Of the campaign and 10th sue ceSsive setback. Missouri ENDS its season against Maryland at College Park, Md, Thanksgiving Day. The Tigers. racking up their biggest score against Kansas since 1912, scored twice in the first quarter, once in the second. twice in the third. and once in fourth. Sophomore Jim Hunter. only Tiger to. score twice, counted in the first and fourth quarters. Quarterback Vic Eaton, End Jim Jennings, Halfback Jack Fox and Fullback Harold Thomeczek made the other Missouri touchdowns. Fox had conversions Kansas scored on a 73-yard pass play from Bev Butler to Dick Sandifer. Fullback John Anderson got the other two Jay hawk touchdownS. Kansas - 0 0 12–⁠1S Missouri ID z Is I’ll Kansas scoring: Touchdowns- -Sandie- Missouri scoring: Touchdowns- Hunter t2). Eaton, Jennings. Fox. Thomeczek. Conversions-Fox 90.

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Officially, Missouri leads 59–⁠54–⁠9 by Missouri’s count and 58–⁠55–⁠9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–⁠48–⁠8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.