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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
18.2 / 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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What this rivalry is

Kansas and Kansas State have a tracked series that starts in 1902 and spans 123 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Governor's Cup gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1902-2025
Busiest era
1920s, 10 games
Longest pause
1 years (1909-1911)
  • 1920s10 games
  • 1930s10 games
  • 1940s10 games
  • 1950s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2025 - Oct 25, 2025

Kansas 17, Kansas State 42. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1987 - Nov 7, 1987

Kansas 17, Kansas State 17. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2011 - Oct 22, 2011

Kansas 21, Kansas State 59. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

2002 - Nov 2, 2002

Kansas 0, Kansas State 64. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Kansas 0, Kansas State 5 across 5 games
Last ten
Kansas 0, Kansas State 10 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 35.9, average margin 18.2.
Current streak
Kansas State 17 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Daniel Hishaw Jr.

    Kansas, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 587

  • Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

    Kansas, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 766

  • Jalon Daniels

    Kansas, 2025

    Passing Yards: 2504

  • Avery Johnson

    Kansas State, 2025

    Passing Yards: 2380

  • Jayce Brown

    Kansas State, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 712

  • Joe Jackson

    Kansas State, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 911

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Lance Leipold

    Kansas - 2021-2025 - 22-28

  • Chris Klieman

    Kansas State - 2021-2025 - 36-17

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 51F, 1 with precipitation.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 3 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

Kansas team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Kansas State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Kansas season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Kansas State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Kansas weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Kansas State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

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

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