Grinnell at Drake
Saturday, November 21, 1931 Share
Drake beat Grinnell 6–0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 24–12–2.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 22, 1931, page 59
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Grinnell–Drake gameDrake leads 35–13–2 in 50 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.
| 1942 | Drake 7, Grinnell 6 | |
| 1941 | Drake 8, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1940 | Drake 20, Grinnell 7 | |
| 1939 | Drake 13, Grinnell 0 | |
| 1938 | Drake 21, Grinnell 6 | |
| 1937 | Drake 45, Grinnell 7 |
Around this game
Grinnell
- Next gamevs. William PennOct. 1, 1932
- SeasonGrinnell in 1931
- ProgramGrinnell history and records
Drake
- Next gamevs. MarquetteNov. 28, 1931
- SeasonDrake in 1931
- ProgramDrake history and records
