Grinnell at Drake

Saturday, November 3, 1917

Grinnell beat Drake 25–⁠7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 14–⁠10.

AwayGrinnell2–⁠0 in 1917
25
HomeDrake0–⁠5–⁠2 in 1917
7

FinalHigh 68°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening times-Republican's story: GRINNElL SCORED ON. Drake Puts Over First Touchdown on College Team This Season.

    Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 5, 1917, page 2

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    GRINNElL SCORED ON. Drake Puts Over First Touchdown on College Team This Season. College Team This Season. Des Moiras, Nov. 5.-Grinnell college was scored on Saturday for the first time this season, when it defeated Drake University twenty-five to seven. Sarf. brakes quarterback. intercepted a Grinnell forward pass in the fourth period for a touchdown. Howard Drew was another local star. McMurray. right end and fullback Fleck, led the Grinrcll attack. The visitors scored one touchdown in the second period. another in the third and two in the fourth

  • The Evening capital news's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 4, 1917, page 4 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Syracuse 6. Brown o. Notre Dame Z West Point .. Cornell 20, Carnegie Tech. 0. Amherst IA, Columbia 6. West Virginia I. Rutgers z. Dartmouth 10. Pennsylvania State 4. Colgate 81, Holy Cross 0. Pennsylvania ~, Lafayette 0. Annapolis 95. Western Reserve o. Pittsburg rs, Westminster 0. Bucknell 10, Carlisle 0. Swarthmore 2S, Johns Hopkins. 7. Tufts 10, New Hampshire 3. Newport Naval Reserve 80, Maine artillery o. Blair Academy IA. Princeton fresh men Z. Colby 6, Bates 6. Bowdoin 0, Maine IL. Baylor 3, Texas 0. Rice So, Haskell Indians 10. Illinois 0, Chicago 0. Minnesota I, Wisconsin 10. Great Lakes naval training station 23. Iowa IA. Ohio state rs. Indiana 3. Northwestern ~, Purdue 8. Drake 7. Grinnell 25. Washington 81, Rolia .. Cincinnati 0. Ohio Wesleyan 40. Camp Sherman 0, Marietta 33. Camp Sherman 26, Camp Taylor 7. Heidelberg 0. Otterbein 0. Michigan So, Kalamazoo 0. Washburn 0, Emporia normal 0. University of Colorado IS, Colorado II. Denver U. IS. Wyoming o. Kansas 9. Kansas Aggies 0. Missouri Z, Oklahoma IA. Utah rs, Colorado Aggies -. Occidental College 80, Army team T. Pomona College Al, Whittier O. Whitman Ia, U. Of Montana 8. Mare Island Marines 81, University of Oregon O.

  • The The Watertown news's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS WEST.

    The Watertown news, Watertown, Wis., November 5, 1917, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS WEST. Chicago, 0; Illinois, 0. Northwestern. -: Purdue. 6. Wisconsin. 10; Minnesota, Z. Michigan. 81; Kalamazoo, O. Ohio State, 26; Indiana. 3. Great Lakes, %: Iowa, IA. Grinnell, 25; Drake. 7. Marquette. At; st. Thomas, 0. Ohio e., 43: Baldwin, O. Western Normal, IA; Michigan Aggies, 0. Camp Sherman, 26; Camp Taylor, Z. Creighton. “a; Nebraska, Wesley an. O. University of Detroit, 35; North western College, 0. Camp Custer. “a; Camp Harllee, O. EAST. Notre Dame Z; Army, 2. Cornell. 20: Carnegie Tech. o. Pennsylvania, 27; Lafayette, O. Syracuse. 6; Brown, O. Amherst. IA; Columbia, g. Navy. 95; Western Reserve. 0. Swarthmore. 2S; Johns Hopkins, Z. Bucknell, 10; Carlisle Indians, 3. Dartmouth. 10; Penn State, 7. Harvard, o; Portland Navy, O. Camp Meade, 9; q. S. Marines, Z. Boston Navy. %; Camp Devens, O..

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Drake 62% to win. Grinnell won as Elo’s underdog.

Drake leads 35–⁠13–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Drake 7, Grinnell 6
1941Drake 8, Grinnell 0
1940Drake 20, Grinnell 7
1939Drake 13, Grinnell 0
1938Drake 21, Grinnell 6
1937Drake 45, Grinnell 7

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