Kansas vs. Washington State

Kansas and Washington State have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1955; Kansas leads the series 7–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Kansas 7–⁠2, and Kansas has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2027 at Washington State; 2028 at Kansas. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Kansas wins
7
Washington State wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1955
Longest streak
3 Kansas
Current streak
2 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
Kansas 7–⁠2
Most recent
1977

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0
1970s6–⁠2
Average margin
13.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
6–⁠2 Kansas’s record at home
At Washington State
0–⁠1 Washington State’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas’s biggest win1971: Kansas 34, Washington State 0by 34 points
  2. Washington State’s biggest win1975: Washington State 18, Kansas 14by 4 points
  3. Upset1975: Washington State 18, Kansas 14Washington State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsKansasSeriesWashington State
1971–⁠1974Don Fambrough3–⁠1Jim Sweeney

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas’s side (Fambrough 3–⁠1 against Sweeney). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and Washington State, 1955 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.

Every game

Sep 24, 1977Kansas 14, 15Washington State 12at Kansas
Sep 11, 197619Kansas 35, Washington State 16at Kansas
Sep 13, 1975Washington State 18, Kansas 14at Kansas
Sep 14, 1974Kansas 14, Washington State 7at Washington State
Sep 15, 1973Kansas 29, Washington State 8at Kansas
Sep 9, 1972Washington State 18, Kansas 17at Kansas
Sep 11, 1971Kansas 34, Washington State 0at Kansas
Sep 12, 1970Kansas 48, Washington State 31at Kansas
Sep 24, 1955Kansas 13, Washington State 0at Kansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.