Kansas vs. Washburn
Kansas and Washburn have 30 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Kansas leads the series 23–3–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Kansas 9–0, and Kansas has won the last 3. Share
- Kansas wins
- 23
- Washburn wins
- 3
- Ties
- 4
- Earliest on file
- 1901
- Longest streak
- 8 Kansas
- Current streak
- 3 Kansas
- Last 10 meetings
- Kansas 9–0
- Most recent
- 1945
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5–2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 7–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–0–1 |
- Average margin
- 16.5 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas
- 12–0 Kansas’s record at home
- At Washburn
- 3–9–4 Washburn’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Kansas first
- Shutouts
- 14
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas’s biggest win1944: Kansas 47, Washburn 0by 47 points
- Washburn’s biggest win1912: Washburn 10, Kansas 0by 10 points
- Upset1903: Washburn 5, Kansas 0Washburn had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1912: Washburn 10, Kansas 0Washburn had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1907: Washburn 12, Kansas 5Washburn had a 29% 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
1906 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 11, 1906
1907 · The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., Nov 4, 1907
1908 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 8, 1908
1909 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 1, 1909
1910 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 30, 1910
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 12, 1945 | Kansas 34, Washburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 15, 1944 | Kansas 47, Washburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 16, 1943 | Kansas 13, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Sep 24, 1943 | Washburn 0, Kansas 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 8, 1938 | Kansas 58, Washburn 14 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 1, 1937 | Kansas 25, Washburn 2 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Kansas 19, Washburn 6 | at Kansas | ||
| Dec 5, 1931 | Kansas 6, Washburn 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 2, 1926 | Kansas 14, Washburn 6 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 21, 1922 | Kansas 32, Washburn 3 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 1, 1921 | Kansas 28, Washburn 7 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 9, 1920 | Kansas 6, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 18, 1919 | Washburn 0, Kansas 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 20, 1917 | Kansas 34, Washburn 2 | at Kansas | ||
| Nov 11, 1916 | Kansas 27, Washburn 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 6, 1915 | Kansas 41, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Nov 7, 1914 | Kansas 20, Washburn 14 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 8, 1913 | Kansas 14, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Nov 9, 1912 | Washburn 10, Kansas 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 4, 1911 | Kansas 14, Washburn 6 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 29, 1910 | Kansas 21, Washburn 6 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 30, 1909 | Kansas 17, Washburn 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 7, 1908 | Kansas 23, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Nov 2, 1907 | Washburn 12, Kansas 5 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 10, 1906 | Washburn 0, Kansas 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Nov 11, 1905 | Kansas 18, Washburn 11 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 29, 1904 | Kansas 5, Washburn 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 31, 1903 | Washburn 5, Kansas 0 | at Washburn | ||
| Oct 11, 1902 | Kansas 34, Washburn 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 19, 1901 | Washburn 0, Kansas 0 | at Washburn |
Every game is listed as played on the field.