Wyoming at Kansas
Saturday, September 30, 1961 Share
Wyoming and Kansas tied 6–6. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 24°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 1, 1961, page 90
Read the text
Kansas Interception Ties Wyoming, sc LAWRENCE, Kan, Sept. 80 APP. - Kansas Jayhawks turned a second quarter pass interception into a touchdown drive then hung on for dear life for a 6–6 tie with Wyoming today. The highly-ranked JayhaWks, beaten in their seasons opener by Texas Christian had several scoring opportunities but failed to make a sustained drive. Wyoming’s sharp backs rushed for lat yards and clipped off 16l through the air for Is first downs. Kansas scored its touchdown on a 2-yard plunge by Sophomore Fullback Ken Coleman after, Rodger Mcfarland ran back an intercepted pass l8
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 54% to win.
The series
Every Wyoming–Kansas gameKansas leads 4–1–1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2003 | Kansas 42, Wyoming 35 | |
| 2001 | Kansas 27, Wyoming 14 | |
| 1972 | Kansas 52, Wyoming 14 | |
| 1964 | Wyoming 17, Kansas 14 | |
| 1963 | Kansas 25, Wyoming 21 | |
| 1961 | Wyoming 6, Kansas 6 |
Around this game
Wyoming
- Next gamevs. Utah StateOct. 7, 1961
- SeasonWyoming in 1961
- ProgramWyoming history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat ColoradoOct. 7, 1961
- SeasonKansas in 1961
- ProgramKansas history and records

