Grinnell at Drake
Saturday, November 3, 1917 Share
Grinnell beat Drake 25–7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 14–10.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

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

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 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.
The series
Every Grinnell–Drake gameDrake leads 35–13–2 in 50 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
| 1942 | Drake 7, Grinnell 6 | |
| 1941 | Drake 8, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1940 | Drake 20, Grinnell 7 | |
| 1939 | Drake 13, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1938 | Drake 21, Grinnell 6 | |
| 1937 | Drake 45, Grinnell 7 |
Around this game
Grinnell
- Next gameat DrakeNov. 2, 1918
- SeasonGrinnell in 1917
- ProgramGrinnell history and records
Drake
- Next gameat Simpson (IA)Nov. 10, 1917
- SeasonDrake in 1917
- ProgramDrake history and records
