Kansas vs. William Jewell

Kansas and William Jewell have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Kansas leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Kansas 6–⁠0, and Kansas has won the last 6.

Kansas wins
6
William Jewell wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
6 Kansas
Current streak
6 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
Kansas 6–⁠0
Most recent
1915

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s3–⁠0
Average margin
26.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
6–⁠0 Kansas’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas’s biggest win1914: Kansas 48, William Jewell 2by 46 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and William Jewell, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Topeka state journal's story of the 1913 game: KANSAS WON GAME. Scored in Last Quarter of Game With William Jewell.

    1913 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 6, 1913

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1915 game: JayhaWkerS Had Little Trouble With the MissOurians. Holt, Topeka Player, Made a Brilliant Showing.

    1915 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 4, 1915

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 2, 1915Kansas 20, William Jewell 0at Kansas
Oct 3, 1914Kansas 48, William Jewell 2at Kansas
Oct 4, 1913Kansas 7, William Jewell 0at Kansas
Oct 5, 1907Kansas 38, William Jewell 0at Kansas
Sep 22, 1906Kansas 18, William Jewell 0at Kansas
Sep 23, 1905Kansas 31, William Jewell 0at Kansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.