Iowa State vs. Kansas

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

1. Iowa State’s biggest win2021: Iowa State 59, Kansas 7by 52 points
2. Kansas’s biggest win1952: Kansas 43, Iowa State 0by 43 points
3. Upset1935: Iowa State 21, Kansas 12Iowa State had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1963: Iowa State 17, Kansas 14Iowa State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1979: Kansas 24, Iowa State 7Kansas had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Workman 0–⁠2–⁠1 against Hargiss). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1921 · Arizona republican, Oct 23, 1921

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 26, 1930

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  1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1932

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  1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 20, 1933

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  1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 5, 1934

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.

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Iowa State vs. Kansas State109 meetings, Iowa State 55–⁠50–⁠4
• Iowa State vs. Missouri103 meetings, Iowa State 33–⁠61–⁠9
• Iowa State vs. Nebraska102 meetings, Iowa State 16–⁠84–⁠2
• Iowa State vs. Oklahoma89 meetings, Iowa State 7–⁠80–⁠2
• Kansas vs. Kansas State124 meetings, Kansas 65–⁠54–⁠5
• Kansas vs. Oklahoma114 meetings, Kansas 28–⁠80–⁠6
• Kansas vs. Missouri112 meetings, Kansas 48–⁠56–⁠8
• Kansas vs. Nebraska109 meetings, Kansas 18–⁠88–⁠3