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Baker vs. Kansas

Baker and Kansas first met in 1910 and have played 3 times; Kansas leads the series 2–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Kansas 2–⁠0.

Baker wins
0
Kansas wins
2
Ties
1
First meeting
1910
Longest streak
1 Kansas
Current streak
1 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
Kansas 2–⁠0
Most recent
1918

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
11.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
2–⁠0–⁠1 Kansas’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Baker and Kansas, 1910 on130015001700191019151920192519301935194019451950

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Lake County times's story of the 1910 game: Saturdays Football Scores

    1910 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Oct 17, 1910

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1911 game: HOW FOOTBALL DoPEs. Should Kansas Beat Blue Baker Has Good Claim.

    1911 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 9, 1911

  • The Dziennik Chicagoski's story of the 1918 game: REZULTATY ONEGDAJSZYCH KONTEsT0W W Pike MONA

    1918 · Dziennik Chicagoski, Chicago [Ill.], Nov 27, 1918

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 23, 1918Kansas 20, Baker 6at Kansas
Oct 7, 1911Kansas 0, Baker 0at Kansas
Oct 15, 1910Kansas 21, Baker 0at Kansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.