Simpson (IA) at Drake
Saturday, October 18, 1919 Share
Drake beat Simpson (IA) 12–10. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 12–2–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 34°F
In the newspapers

The Alaska daily empire, October 20, 1919, page 1 (results column)
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FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAY HAS SURPRISES Columbia, Cornell and Yale . Lose First Games of Conference Year; U. of w. Wins SEATTLE, Oct. 20.-The first day playing of conference football Satur day resulted in several surprises Notably the defeats of Cornell by Colgate, Columbia by Williams and Yale by Boston. The University of Washington had no conference game scheduled, bat her eleven easily defeated team from the Dreadnought New York oi the United States navy by score oi 35 to o. Another surprise of the day was the defeat of Leland Stanford, Jr. University by the Olympic Club of San Francisco by a score of 13 tp 0, Saturdays football scoFes In whieh conference universities and colleges participated were as follows: University of Washington, 35; Dreadnought New York, o. Washington State College, 49; Mutt nomah Club, 0. Olympic Club of San Francisco, 13; Leland Stanford, Jr, University, O. University of California, 61. Occi dental College, o. University of Oregon, 27; Univers ity of Idaho, 6. Utah Aggies, 47; University ol Montana, 0. University of Michigan. 26; Michi gan Aggies, o. Carnegie Tech, 16; Case, 9. Kansas Aggies. 9; Washington (St Louis), IA. University of Illinois, 9; University of Iowa, ‘. Colgate, 21; Cornell. 0. Dartmouth. 19; Penn. State. 13. Dubuque. 30; Grinnell, 4. ~s Ohio State, AZ; Kentucky State, O. Army, lWest Point) 6; Maine Uni. vefsity, 70. V s fr6 Harvard, ‘; Brown, o. Colby, z; Bates. 2. .Gaorgetown, 33; Virginia Tech. 2. ,Uniprsity off, Utah, 21; Colorado Aggfes. 34 University of Colorado, 26; Denver University. T. 1g4e n University of Wyoming. 16; Colo rado School of Mines, 6, University of North Dakota, 13; University of South Dakota. 0. University of Missouri, 10; Ames, O. Williams, 25; Columbia, 0. Amherst, 48; Trinity, 7 ,> University of Minnesota. 20; Uni versity of Indiana, 6. University of Pennsylvania. 55 Swarthmore, z. Princetown, 34; Rochester. 0. Boston College, 5; Yale, 3. University of Wisconsin. 10; North western. 6. Notre Dame, IA; University of Ne braska, g. Syracuse 24; Pittsburgh. 3. Drake. 12; Simpson, 10. f Oberlin, 34: Mount Union, IS. Chicago. 16; Perdue. 0. Oregon Aggies, 47; Pacific Uni versity, 6.

Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 20, 1919, page 15 (results column)
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TOUCHDOWN Ora VEST SNARTHlNORE ERROR Results of Saturdays College Football Games snai ss?acuss. Sc. q sssI1F:IstatISSIT;h.’s FIttsS%rsh. Corsts’ coipsttons s’‘ arnsIi, M1shestsr’ g. o. Army: q Name: 9. Miiiams, MHffG% coiSfe aSG colnmbin, 81 hals o. p Hoiy % Cross. ‘fG’ !; Springfield Y. NJ. c. Tufts. o.: Norwich. :. y Georgia, Gr, Tech Si go; ,s vanderbilt 9lnis 0. Lafayette. 4; Haverford, o. i EshiEn. II c 81? Ssw {; n9S TarN X ASsi.s. & o. @iIIIn@s &fittEIsSnrF;a 81, Il; col1%SIs’ TrslnSs’ g. Albright. $751;. Drexel. o. Gettysburg. Il; ursinus. o Bucknell,. “a; Muhlenberg. o. w. and j., ID; Westm nster. U. NIassacGusetts AEgies. a7; Worcester Bowdoin. 4s; Fort Mckinley. o. Amherst iS; Trinity, /. New HnmDshire. 10; Vermont. o. Union, Il; Hobart, o.. Rensselaer,, !; Hamilton, @. n Stevens, 81; Gonnect,Gut RSads AESiss. ,si.ns 9; Penn Fresh. 10; Williamson. o. Exeter, II: Nal6 frebn, Y. Pitt Fresh. 65; BellefOnte Aggies, o. Princeton Fresh. 0; MercersburG. U. Wisconsin. 10; Northwestern. o. NOtre Dame, 14i Nebraska, Z. Illinois, o; Iowa. T.. Michigan, 20; Michigan A. O., 0. Arkansas. 20; Rolla School. D. Minnesota, 20; Indiana, @. Oklahoma. IL; Texas, Z. Chicago 16; Purdue, o. Drake. 12: Simpson. 10. Minnesota, eos Indiana, 9. Wooster, I3; Western Reserye, Z. Ohio State. 40 Kentucky State. o. Washington. II; Kansas AEgies, o. Marquette, SO; Lawrence, o. Wisconsin. 10; Northwestern. O. North Dakota. 13; South Dakota, o. Michigan. &c; Michigan Aggies. 0. Utah Aggies. 48’ Montana, o. st Louis, O; Lombard, o. Illinois, o. Iowa, Z. University Of Detroit. Al; Bethany, 0. Oberlin, “a; Mount Union. 13. Franklin, IA; Rose Poly, Z. University OF California. 81; Occilental, q. Colorado University. 80; Denver u, Z. Washington State. 40. Mctnomah, 0. Fargo Aggies, 81 st. Thomas, o. Missouri University. Z Ames Aggies, o. Colorado Aggies, “a; Utah. 81. Kansas. o; Washburn. o. Benson, Z; Wittenberg, 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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Simpson (IA)–Drake gameDrake leads 21–2–2 in 25 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 1936 | Drake 52, Simpson (IA) 6 | |
| 1935 | Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 12 | |
| 1934 | Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 6 | |
| 1933 | Drake 14, Simpson (IA) 7 | |
| 1932 | Drake 31, Simpson (IA) 9 | |
| 1931 | Drake 26, Simpson (IA) 0 |
Around this game
Simpson (IA)
- Next gameat DrakeOct. 2, 1920
- SeasonSimpson (IA) in 1919
- ProgramSimpson (IA) history and records
Drake
- Next gameat MissouriOct. 25, 1919
- SeasonDrake in 1919
- ProgramDrake history and records
