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Rivalry History

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Kansas and Kansas State have met 123 times since 1902. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
65-53-5
Current streak
Kansas State 17 games
Longest streak
Kansas State 17 games (2009-2025)
Avg. margin / points
0.3 / 35.9

Series overview

Kansas 65-53-5 Kansas State. Current streak: Kansas State 17 games.

Last five meetings

Kansas 0 | Kansas State 5

Largest margin

64 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1902 through 2025.
  • 123 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 25, 2025.

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Recent rivalry results

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10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 25, 2025Kansas State at KansasKansas 17, Kansas State 42Memorial StadiumKansas State
Oct 27, 2024Kansas at Kansas StateKansas 27, Kansas State 29Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 19, 2023Kansas State at KansasKansas 27, Kansas State 31Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 27, 2022Kansas at Kansas StateKansas 27, Kansas State 47Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 6, 2021Kansas State at KansasKansas 10, Kansas State 35Venue unavailableKansas State
Oct 24, 2020Kansas at Kansas StateKansas 14, Kansas State 55Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 2, 2019Kansas State at KansasKansas 10, Kansas State 38Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 10, 2018Kansas at Kansas StateKansas 17, Kansas State 21Venue unavailableKansas State
Oct 28, 2017Kansas State at KansasKansas 20, Kansas State 30Venue unavailableKansas State
Nov 26, 2016Kansas at Kansas StateKansas 19, Kansas State 34Venue unavailableKansas State