Denver vs. Kansas

Denver and Kansas first met in 1932 and have played 9 times; Kansas leads the series 6–⁠2–⁠1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Kansas 6–⁠2, and Kansas has won the last 5.

Denver wins
2
Kansas wins
6
Ties
1
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
5 Kansas
Current streak
5 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
Kansas 6–⁠2
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1940s2–⁠4–⁠1
1950s0–⁠1
Average margin
14.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Denver
2–⁠6–⁠1 Denver’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. Denver’s biggest win1942: Denver 17, Kansas 0by 17 points
  2. Kansas’s biggest win1950: Kansas 46, Denver 6by 40 points
  3. Upset1945: Kansas 20, Denver 19Kansas had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Denver and Kansas, 1932 on130015001700193519401945195019551960

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: GSsS FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 29, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1946 game: Football Gate Mark Looms With Big 1iIts On Today

    1946 · Evening star, Sep 28, 1946

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

Sep 29, 1950Kansas 46, Denver 6at Denver
Sep 24, 1948Kansas 40, Denver 0at Denver
Sep 26, 1947Kansas 9, Denver 0at Denver
Sep 27, 1946Kansas 21, Denver 13at Denver
Sep 28, 1945Kansas 20, Denver 19at Denver
Sep 29, 1944Denver 14, Kansas 14at Denver
Oct 1, 1943Denver 19, Kansas 6at Denver
Oct 2, 1942Denver 17, Kansas 0at Denver
Sep 30, 1932Kansas 13, Denver 12at Denver

Every game is listed as played on the field.