Creighton vs. Kansas State

Creighton and Kansas State first met in 1920 and have played 5 times; Kansas State leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Kansas State 4–⁠1, and Kansas State has won the last 3.

Creighton wins
1
Kansas State wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1920
Longest streak
3 Kansas State
Current streak
3 Kansas State
Last 10 meetings
Kansas State 4–⁠1
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠3
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
7.2 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Creighton
1–⁠3 Creighton’s record at home
At Kansas State
1–⁠0 Kansas State’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Creighton’s biggest win1921: Creighton 14, Kansas State 7by 7 points
  2. Kansas State’s biggest win1926: Kansas State 12, Creighton 0by 12 points
  3. Upset1921: Creighton 14, Kansas State 7Creighton had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Creighton and Kansas State, 1920 on13001500170019201925193019351940

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 Evening star's story of the 1937 game: L;nc-upS and Summary. KANSAS STATE AHEAD Cleveland Leads to 1917 Victory Over Stubborn Creighton.

    1937 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1937

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

Oct 23, 1937Kansas State 15, Creighton 7at Creighton
Oct 9, 1926Kansas State 12, Creighton 0at Creighton
Oct 13, 1923Kansas State 6, Creighton 0at Kansas State
Oct 15, 1921Creighton 14, Kansas State 7at Creighton
Oct 22, 1920Kansas State 3, Creighton 0at Creighton

Every game is listed as played on the field.