Kansas vs. SMU

Kansas and SMU first met in 1952 and have played 6 times; SMU leads the series 4–⁠2. Over the last 6 meetings it’s SMU 4–⁠2.

Kansas wins
2
SMU wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1952
Longest streak
3 SMU
Current streak
1 SMU
Last 10 meetings
SMU 4–⁠2
Most recent
2000

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠3
1990s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠1
Average margin
17.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
1–⁠2 Kansas’s record at home
At SMU
2–⁠1 SMU’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas’s biggest win1952: Kansas 26, SMU 0by 26 points
  2. SMU’s biggest win1955: SMU 33, Kansas 14by 19 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and SMU, 1952 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1953 game: Southern Methodist Defeats Stubborn Kansas, IA 10 s

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1953

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 2, 2000SMU 31, Kansas 17at SMU
Oct 2, 1999Kansas 27, SMU 9at Kansas
Oct 22, 1955SMU 33, Kansas 14at Kansas
Oct 23, 1954SMU 36, Kansas 18at SMU
Oct 24, 195313SMU 14, Kansas 6at Kansas
Oct 25, 195215Kansas 26, SMU 0at SMU

Every game is listed as played on the field.