Drake at Missouri

Saturday, October 25, 1930

Missouri beat Drake 14–⁠13. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 13–⁠3.

AwayDrake5–⁠4 in 1930
13
HomeMissouri2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1930
14

FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MISSOURI BEATS DRAKE Tigers Overcome Pre-Conference Season Jinx to Win, 14-13.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1930, page 1

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    MISSOURI BEATS DRAKE Tigers Overcome Pre-Conference Season Jinx to Win, 14–⁠13. COLUMBIA, Mo, october IS (R.- The University of Missouri Tigers put a happy ending to an otherwise disastrous pre-conference season, by beat ing the Drake Bulldogs into submission here this afternoon, IA to 10. The Tigers won, after they had failed to score in their first three non-conference struggles, as Chuck Van Koten blond speedster from Des Moines failed to add the extra point after he made colorful dash around Missouri’S left end for 48 yards and brakes sec ond touchdown. Van Koten. however was the principal factor in brakes two touchdowns The spotlight was shared with Wilbert Asbury, 166-pound sophomore, who made both of Missouri’s touchdowns.

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 51% to win. Missouri won as Elo’s underdog.

Missouri leads 14–⁠3 in 17 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1931Missouri 32, Drake 20
1930Missouri 14, Drake 13
1929Missouri 20, Drake 0
1928Drake 6, Missouri 0
1921Missouri 6, Drake 0
1920Missouri 10, Drake 7

Around this game

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