Drake at Missouri
Saturday, October 25, 1930 Share
Missouri beat Drake 14–13. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 13–3.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Drake–Missouri gameMissouri leads 14–3 in 17 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1931 | Missouri 32, Drake 20 | |
| 1930 | Missouri 14, Drake 13 | |
| 1929 | Missouri 20, Drake 0 | |
| 1928 | Drake 6, Missouri 0 | |
| 1921 | Missouri 6, Drake 0 | |
| 1920 | Missouri 10, Drake 7 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gamevs. Washington St. LouisNov. 1, 1930
- SeasonDrake in 1930
- ProgramDrake history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat Kansas StateNov. 1, 1930
- SeasonMissouri in 1930
- ProgramMissouri history and records

