Iowa at Kansas
Saturday, November 20, 1909 Share
Kansas beat Iowa 20–7. It was their second meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 45°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 21, 1909, page 1
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WALLOPS HAWKEYES Jayhawkers Take Game With Iowa Easily, 20 to 2. MISSOURI GAME DECIDES HONOR Both Teams Play old style Foot BaI at Lawrence and Gains Made by Kansas Through the LAWRENCE. Kan, Nov. ~2o.-(special Telegram.)-This afternoon on McCook field the Kansas foot ball team put away one more opponent in the race for the championship of the Missouri valley. The victims were the Iowans OF Coach Griffith, and the score was 20 to T. Kansas collected three ~touchdowns, one place kick and two goals, while the best Iowa could do was one touchdown and one safety. Kansas did its best work in the first half, when seventeen of its points were accumulated. In the second half, when Kennedy ran in his subs, Iowa made a better showing. Both sides played old style foot ball nearly all the time. Iowa used the forward pass fUf good gains on several occasions and that tells the story OF the open game work. The safety for Iowa came early in the contest. Hyland had punted to He’ll on the Kansas five-yard line. Lovett stepped behind the goal to punt, the ball fell from his grasp. and through recovering It, two points were counted for Iowa. Iowa’s touchdown came near the end of the game. Ehret broke away for a thirty yard run, putting the ball on the Jay hawkers’ five-yard line. Hazard was pushed through for the necessary gain, but Hyland failed to kick goal. The Kansas touchdowns came mainly from hard line ~plunges and short end runs. Dahlene’s touchdown, however, was SEN sational. 1t was Iowa’s ball on It’s own thirty-yard line. Hyland took the plgskin preparatory to throwing a forward pass. Lovett rushed into Hyland, the ball flew into the air and Dahlene ran with 1t for the touchdown. UP to JRyhRwkers and Tigers. Kansas and Missouri are now the only indicated teams in the Missouri valley. The game between them Thanksgiving at Kansas City will settle the conference championship. Today is the first time that Kansas goal line has been crossed since Iowa turned the trick a year ago. Captain Gross played today with one arm strapped to his side. The coach withdrew him as soon as he saw his suffering was useless. The lineup:

Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 22, 1909, page 12
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Iowa Loses to Kansas. Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 22.-Iowa lost TO Kansas by the score of 20 to I. The Hawkeyes were defeated but were not disgraced. Kansas great strength was apparent in the first half, when the score was run up to II points. Iowa came back strong in the second half, scoring a touchdown. Iowa was super Tor in forward pass work. while the Kansas team was the better on straight smashing football. Old style line charging football triurnphed over the new open play when Kansas University defeated the Uni versity of Iowa Iowa tried the new style from the first with fair success, making a gain OF twenty yards on the forward pass and following it up with another gain of fifteen yards on the same play.

The Salt Lake herald-Republican, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 21, 1909, page 10
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KANSAS USES OLD7STYLE TO WIN FROM IOWA Lawrence, Kan, Nov 20-Old-style line charging football triumphed over the new open play, when Kansas university defeated the University of Iowa here today by the score Of 20 to 7. The ability OF the Kansas men to charge and gain ground through the line was shown at its best. Iowa tried the new style game from the first with fair success, making a gain of 20 yards on the forward pass and follow ing it up with another gain of 10 yards on the same PLAY.

Los Angeles herald, California, November 21, 1909, page 21
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HOLLYWOOD ToNc REACH IOWA LOSES, 2o-7 LAWRENCE, Kans., Nov. 2O.-Oldstyle line charging football triumphed over the new open play when Kansas university defeated the University Of Iowa here today, 20 to 7. The ability Of the Kansas men to charge and gain ground through the line was shown at it’s best. Iowa tried the new style game from the first with fair success, making q gain of twenty yards on the forward pass and following it up with another gain of fifteen yards on the same play
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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa–Kansas gameKansas leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1960 | Iowa 21, Kansas 7 | |
| 1909 | Kansas 20, Iowa 7 | |
| 1908 | Kansas 10, Iowa 5 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. MorningsideOct. 2, 1910
- SeasonIowa in 1909
- ProgramIowa history and records
Kansas
- Next gameat MissouriNov. 25, 1909
- SeasonKansas in 1909
- ProgramKansas history and records

