George Washington vs. Kansas

George Washington and Kansas first met in 1933 and have played 6 times; the series is tied 3–⁠3. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3, and Kansas has won the last 2.

George Washington wins
3
Kansas wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1933
Longest streak
3 George Washington
Current streak
2 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
1949

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1
1940s1–⁠2
Average margin
6.8 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
2–⁠2 George Washington’s record at home
At Kansas
1–⁠1 Kansas’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. George Washington’s biggest win1939: George Washington 14, Kansas 7by 7 points
  2. Kansas’s biggest win1948: Kansas 12, George Washington 0by 12 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Kansas, 1933 on1300150017001935194019451950195519601965

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 1933 game: Runs Wild Rous Kansas AabS Pass Victor .C0[ON|ALS DOWNED JAYHAWK BREAK HaHord Intercepts Aerial, Runs 40 Yards to Score in Third Period.

    1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 3, 1933

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1948 game: FOOTBALL SCORES .

    1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 16, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Falls Before Kansas by 2 to IA Touchdown March 80 Yards 10 Climax Exciting Struggle

    1949 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1949

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 8, 1949Kansas 21, George Washington 14at Kansas
Oct 15, 1948Kansas 12, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 16, 1940George Washington 6, Kansas 0at George Washington
Nov 18, 1939George Washington 14, Kansas 7at Kansas
Nov 12, 1938George Washington 9, Kansas 7at George Washington
Dec 2, 1933Kansas 7, George Washington 0at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.