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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Denver’s biggest win1942: Denver 17, Kansas 0by 17 points
- Kansas’s biggest win1950: Kansas 46, Denver 6by 40 points
- Upset1945: Kansas 20, Denver 19Kansas had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
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, 1950 | Kansas 46, Denver 6 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 24, 1948 | Kansas 40, Denver 0 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 26, 1947 | Kansas 9, Denver 0 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 27, 1946 | Kansas 21, Denver 13 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 28, 1945 | Kansas 20, Denver 19 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 29, 1944 | Denver 14, Kansas 14 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 1, 1943 | Denver 19, Kansas 6 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 2, 1942 | Denver 17, Kansas 0 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 30, 1932 | Kansas 13, Denver 12 | at Denver |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

