Drake at Kansas

Saturday, October 15, 1921

Drake beat Kansas 15–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 6–⁠2.

AwayDrake5–⁠2 in 1921
15
HomeKansas4–⁠3 in 1921
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 52°F, 0.08 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Columbia evening Missourian's story: AERIAL Skill. OF DRAKE Is IMPENDING Victory Over Kansas Proves Canders No Second-Rate Valley Conference Contender. DEFENSIVE SHIFT USED Remarkable Series of Passes Score Touchdown in Is Seconds-Line Has Endurance.

    The Columbia evening Missourian, October 20, 1921, page 4

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    AERIAL Skill. OF DRAKE Is IMPENDING Victory Over Kansas Proves Canders No Second-Rate Valley Conference Contender. DEFENSIVE SHIFT USED Remarkable Series of Passes Score Touchdown in Is Seconds-Line Has Endurance. What first appeared to be harmless cloud on the football horizon Of tie Ii gers is now developing the dreaded fun mel formation which presagcs real wind aud possible damage. The cloud is the football team Of Drake University and the funnel represents the unlookedior aerial skill shown against Kansas in last Saturdays game. Since the showing of the Preachers against the Jayhawk. ii is no cSaggeraton To say that the Des Moines school has a good chance al the Valley title and that one or two present contenders will be pu, out at the hands OF the Iowans is almost a foregone conclusion. Ii is no scare story that those who wit messed Saturdays game have brought back TO the Tiger camp. The statements they make regarding the vicious assaul, of the Canders is fully borne out by press reports of the contest. With the score standing one point in their favor Drake received kickoff and ! ~ ~ n IN IN II, a,aI I’ll ,..r. ,I’a9 VI .”I – af ,;n,a Iaf, md within that short period Drake advanced the ball the full sixty-two yards by three forward passes and the game ended with VI. ce.a,,” ~ - IL “ o,an f.ns ,.bo nro s,aS r,,t., ,in”,’IaIus IS ;ns;d. foo,b,n S.’.,’ @ ~ :, ,La 60, sama,b;na mor, .’otl’It n iI “ r -, II = f.s, ,har, . ‘”1’, ‘p.” ~ -, -, nasssr md , ~ M - 49, .,;,l, Oo,onns arms pN, Pa” “ is., ‘s.as’,I ar ;r., ,,,n, oomh;n, -: Ian = - II:.;s a. NJ r,a IooL. t’u,’ =” ‘‘‘”‘‘O’ ‘‘ ~” ~ I III N i”i! a. svD’ ‘ SUM- ~ u’Th wi, nee -. .i’‘l -, VIZ ,.s,, H. ,l,’

  • The The Morning Tulsa daily world's story: X. u. IS DEFEATED BY DRAKE, 15-7 tumble Behind the Line Accounts for First Score of Game

    The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., October 16, 1921, page 1

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    X. u. IS DEFEATED BY DRAKE, 15–⁠7 tumble Behind the Line Accounts for First Score of Game LAWRENCE, kan. oct. f5.-Tb, Drake university football team dc. fcated Kansas university here today by the decisive Of ia To +. Drake scored in the first quarter. when McAdams fumblcd behind his own line. McAdams recovered and Benton downed him behind tho line. Later on Quarter Griffin received a pass over the line for a. Kansas touchdown and Wilson kicked goal There was no more scoring until the third quarter when Nigggucy,r carried the ball over tho Kansas line for a touchdown and kicked goal. a forward pass. Peterson 10 Long, over the line ended the scoring. The linAuu.

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)

Kansas 67% to win. Drake pulled the upset.

Kansas leads 9–⁠6–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Kansas 20, Drake 6
1939Drake 12, Kansas 6
1927Kansas 7, Drake 6
1926Drake 13, Kansas 0
1925Drake 7, Kansas 0
1924Kansas 6, Drake 6

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