Missouri played Kansas in a football game where Missouri had nearly double the yardage of Kansas.
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Kevin Kietzman Has IssuesSep 17, 2026
The game was Missouri's 38-21 win over Kansas on September 11, 2026, and Missouri gained 469 total yards to Kansas's roughly 223 to 255, depending on the stat definition, which is nearly double. The claim matches the passage's 'almost doubled them up in yardage' and does not add anything the post did not say.
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… right now, so that's good news for the Jayhawks, that they're going to be right in the area with Arizona State, who just played Texas A and m pretty well for a half. They use the underdog, but this is a game that they can win, and they really need to win. Well, I thought Missouri, uhm, you know, they almost doubled them up in yardage. That score could have been a lot worse against Kansas. I thought that's the way I saw the game. I just thought Missouri was better at most positions, had better players. I think Arizona State's gonna have a lot of better players than KU. Dillingham's had this thing up and running for a couple of years. …
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Supports. ESPN and the University of Kansas box score both list Missouri at 469 total yards, with Kansas at 254 on ESPN and about 223 in footballdb's net-yards total; Winsipedia lists Kansas at 255.[3][4][5][6]
Supports. Missouri's 469 yards is about 1.8 to 2.1 times Kansas's total, which fits the 'nearly double' framing in the claim.[3][5]
Supports. KCTV reports that Missouri outgained Kansas by more than 200 yards, consistent with the box-score totals.[7]
Context. The AP and Reuters wire reports confirm the 38-21 Missouri win in Lawrence but do not state the yardage totals in the excerpts provided.[1][2]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 5 not rated
- 1Woodyard's 2 second-half takeaways swing Border War as No. 23 Missouri beats Kansas 38-21apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Austin Simmons, No. 23 Mizzou win Border War vs. Kansas | Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Missouri 38-21 Kansas (Sep 11, 2026) Game Stats - ESPNespn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Football vs Missouri on 09/11/2026 - Box Score - University of Kansaskuathletics.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Missouri vs. Kansas Box Score, September 11, 2026 | The ...footballdb.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Missouri vs Kansas — Sep 12, 2026 (38-21) College Footballwinsipedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Missouri beats Kansas 38-21 in Border War; MU coach angry over ...kctv5.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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