Rivalry leaderboard
Sunflower Showdown Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 45/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 123
- Series record
- Kansas 65-53-5 Kansas State
- Tracked years
- 1902-2025
- Trophy
- Governor's Cup
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
8 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1968Week 10
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 38, Kansas State 29
Winner: Kansas
No. 7 Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 9-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1973Week 7
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 18, Kansas 25
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas State vs. No. 18 Kansas · 7-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1974Week 6
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 20, Kansas State 13
Winner: Kansas
No. 19 Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 7-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1987Week 11
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 17, Kansas 17
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1966Week 8
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 3, Kansas 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1923Week 6
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 0, Kansas State 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1922Week 6
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 7, Kansas 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1916Week 7
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 0, Kansas State 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1994Week 7
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 21, Kansas 13
Winner: Kansas State
No. 19 Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 8-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1993Week 7
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 9, Kansas State 10
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1972Week 6
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 19, Kansas State 20
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1967Week 9
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 16, Kansas 17
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1995Week 10
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 7, Kansas State 41
Winner: Kansas State
No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 14 Kansas State · 34-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 1/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1980Week 10
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 20, Kansas State 18
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1909Week 5
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 5, Kansas State 3
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1906Week 10
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 4, Kansas State 6
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 2004Week 7
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 28, Kansas 31
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1990Week 10
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 24, Kansas 27
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1981Week 8
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 14, Kansas 17
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1991Week 7
Kansas at Kansas State
Kansas 12, Kansas State 16
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Kansas State · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1969Week 5
Kansas State at Kansas
Kansas State 26, Kansas 22
Winner: Kansas State
Unranked Kansas State vs. Unranked Kansas · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.