Iowa State at Kansas

Saturday, October 8, 1955

Iowa State and Kansas tied 7–⁠7. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 17–⁠12–⁠5.

AwayIowa State1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1955
7
HomeKansas3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 69°F, low 33°FAttendance 19,854

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FLORIDA q GNU --------- o Iowa State Tied By Kansas, II

    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.

Kansas leads 52–⁠46–⁠6 in 104 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Iowa State 38, Kansas 14
2024Kansas 45, Iowa State 36
2023Kansas 28, Iowa State 21
2022Kansas 14, Iowa State 11
2021Iowa State 59, Kansas 7
2020Iowa State 52, Kansas 22

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