Iowa State at Kansas
Saturday, October 8, 1955 Share
Iowa State and Kansas tied 7–7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 17–12–5.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 33°FAttendance 19,854
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1955, page 1
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FLORIDA q GNU --------- o Iowa State Tied By Kansas, II LAWRENCE, Kans., oct. 8 fPl Iowa State gambled for an inch on q fourth-down play In the fading minutes today and Kansas turned the visitors mistake into q score and q TT tie In q Big Seven football contest before “a, 900 fans. Iowa State scored first on j 6O-yard sprint by Fullback DOM Lorenzen in the first minute Of the final period. Dick Callahan converted and It appeared the Cyclones had their FIRST victory Of the year. With & minutes and Is seconds remaining. ii possession Of the ball on their own 41-gard line and needing only the tip of their nose for : first down, the Iowans elected 70 try Tor 1t. They failed. Kansas Quarterback Waily Strauch pitched . l2-yard pass to Dick Reich that proved the key play Of the JayhaWkers’ successful drive. That put the bali on the 20. and 1--WE plays later Reich cracked into center for the touchdown. Johnny Handley converted. Kansas q o d -5 Iowa state scoring ~ Touchdown: LcEen5en $50, rum Conversion: Callahan. q, pluree). Converaion: Handiey.
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 57% to win.
The series
Every Iowa State–Kansas gameKansas leads 52–46–6 in 104 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
| 2025 | Iowa State 38, Kansas 14 | |
| 2024 | Kansas 45, Iowa State 36 | |
| 2023 | Kansas 28, Iowa State 21 | |
| 2022 | Kansas 14, Iowa State 11 | |
| 2021 | Iowa State 59, Kansas 7 | |
| 2020 | Iowa State 52, Kansas 22 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. MissouriOct. 15, 1955
- SeasonIowa State in 1955
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat OklahomaOct. 15, 1955
- SeasonKansas in 1955
- ProgramKansas history and records

