Governor's Cup (Kansas)
| First meeting | October 4, 1902 Kansas 16, Kansas State 0 |
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| Latest meeting | November 26, 2016 Kansas State 34, Kansas 19 |
| Next meeting | 2017 |
| Trophy | Governor's Cup |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 114 |
| All-time series | Kansas leads, 64–45–5 |
| Largest victory | Kansas State, 64–0 (2002) |
| Longest win streak | Kansas State, 11 (1993–2003) |
| Current win streak | Kansas State, 8 (2009–present) |
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The Kansas–Kansas State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Kansas Jayhawks football team of the University of Kansas and Kansas State Wildcats football team of Kansas State University. The Governor's Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the game. It has been awarded every year since 1969.
Kansas leads the overall series 64–45–5, including KU's forfeit of the 1980 game imposed by the Big Eight Conference. (Kansas disputes the forfeit.) Kansas State leads the Governor's Cup series (since 1969) 28–19–1. The most recent game, played on November 26, 2016, was won by Kansas State 34–19.
The two teams had a very long history prior to the inauguration of the Governor's Cup: they began play in 1902 and have faced each other every season since 1911, making this the sixth-longest active series in NCAA football. The University of Kansas built a large advantage in the series by 1923 (17–1–3), but the series has subsequently been much more even, with KU holding a 47–44–2 lead since that time.
The two schools disagree on the overall series record. The difference arises from the 1980 game, which KU won 20–18 on the field, but which the Big Eight Conference later ordered KU to forfeit after a player was ruled ineligible. As a result, KU claims to lead the overall series 65–44–5, while Kansas State reports the record as 64–45–5. Kansas cites to NCAA policy to explain its refusal to recognize the forfeit. The policy states that NCAA schools must acknowledge forfeits imposed by the NCAA or those dictated by the rules of the game, without specifically referencing conference-imposed penalties.
The Governor's Cup is the third trophy associated with the rivalry. In 1902, in the first match-up, a "Governor's Trophy" was given to the winning team. Then, beginning in the 1940 football season, the winner of the KU-KSU contest received the "Peace Pact Trophy", which was miniature bronze goalposts. The trophy was intended to keep the winning team's student body from tearing down the loser's goalposts. However, as years went by, these trophies were forgotten.
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