Grinnell at Drake

Saturday, November 21, 1931

Drake beat Grinnell 6–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 24–⁠12–⁠2.

AwayGrinnell5–⁠3 in 1931
0
HomeDrake5–⁠6 in 1931
6

FinalHigh 49°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DRAKE RETAINS TITLE Beats Grinnell, 8 to o, for Missouri Valley Honors.

    Evening star, November 22, 1931, page 59

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    DRAKE RETAINS TITLE Beats Grinnell, 8 to o, for Missouri Valley Honors. DES MONIES, Iowa, November 81 (P).-Drake University won its fourth consecutive Missouri Valley champion ship today by defeating Grinnel Col lege, 6 to 0. The Bulldogs, holding the advantage throughout the game, with their ira ditional foes, scored late in the Sec ond half, Thompson, substitute quarter back, making the touchdown.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Drake leads 35–⁠13–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Drake 7, Grinnell 6
1941Drake 8, Grinnell 0
1940Drake 20, Grinnell 7
1939Drake 13, Grinnell 0
1938Drake 21, Grinnell 6
1937Drake 45, Grinnell 7

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