Drake at Ohio State
Saturday, October 12, 1935 Share
Ohio State beat Drake 85–7. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 33°FAttendance 28,927
In the newspapers

The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 14, 1935, page 16 (results column)
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Midwest Grid Loop Proves Nations Best Conference Teams Trounce Touted Foes in East and on Coast. NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The ma tons football parade today was headed by a select group of Mid western teams-Minnesota, Iowa Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State-Which set dizzv pace in last weeks topsy-turyy &C ton. Performing on gridirons from coast to coast, Big Ten teams scored outstanding intersectional victories which stamped the Western Confer ence as undoubtedly the strongest football league in the land. In New York, Purdue crushed Fordham, 300. In Los Angeles, Bob Zuppke’s little Illinois team knocked out Southern California, 1910. In Lincoln, Minnesota smashed Ne braska, 1871 In Iowa City, Iowa conquered Colgate, 1876 Those four victories were the high spots of one Of the biggest field days the Big Ten has ever enjoyed at the expense of outsiders. Michigan State Powerful Ohio State, favorite to win the Big Ten title, showed flash of its smOldering power by crushing Drake, 85–7 Michigan State made a definite bid for national recogniton by overwhelming Kansas, 42–0. While those six teams were going TO the front of the parade Stanford and Alabama, New Years Day Rose Bowl rivals met defeat for the first time since October, 1888, and were knocked out of the national championship race. University of California at Los Angeles beat Stan ford by a single point, 7–6. MiSsissippi State, already beaten by Van derbilt, tumbled Alabama, DOT, Prominent teams beaten for the first time were Indiana, Fordham, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Oregon and Oklahoma. Results From Everywhere Other developments by sections were: East-Yale staged dramatic comeback to beat Penn, 1920, before the days biggest crown, $4,000. Princeton eked out q AT victory over Williams. Holy Cross crossed Harvard’s goal line five times, but got only a 14–0 victory. Columbia downed Rutgers, 20–6. Syracuse prevailed over Cornell, 21–14. Dart mouth crushed little Bates, 59–7 Army won from Gettysburg, $40. Navy defeated Virginia, 27–6 Observation-Disclosures TO victory over Indiana gave the Wolverines their first Big Ten victory since 1888. Missouri scored its third straight VIC tory by downing Colorado I’M eXpectedly, 20–6. Notre Dame beat Wisconsin, 27–0. South-TenneSse bounded back to upset Auburn, 1876. Tulane triumphed over Florida, 1877. Ken lucky halted Georgia Techs come back, 25–6. Georgia downed Fur man, 31–7, Duke bagged it’s fourth Stralgnt victory by winning over Clemson, 1912. st. Mary’s Wins Far West – Washington State had difficulty winning from Mon tana, 1877, in a conference game. St. Mary’s downed College of the Pacific, $50, Santa Clara bowled over Fresno State, 24–0. Oregon State trimmed Gonzaga, 1916. Southwest – Baylor beat Ar kansas in the last minute of play, 1876, in the only Conference game. Texas Christian won its fourth straight by taking Tulsa. 1870. Cen tenary nosed out Texas A. & M, 7–6. Rocky Mountain – Utah rolled up 47–0 score on Montana State. Colorado State won from Colorado Mines, 1910. Brigham Young defeated Greeley State, 1913.

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1935, page 1 (results column)
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Leading Results Of Grid Contests Most of yesterdays crowded foot ball schedule saw the major teams running true to form, al though there were several notable upsets, particularly Alabama’s 20–7 defeat by Mississippi, Indiana’s TO loss to Michigan and Stanford’s defeat by U. c. L. A. by q 7-to-6 score. Teams in the Capital area Jared poorly, Georgetown alone being victorious. The Hilltoppers defeated Roanoke, 1910, whereas Maryland. was beaten by North Carolina, $50; American Uni versity lost to Hampden-Sydney, 14-l2, and Baltimore U. routed Gallaudet, 80 to 2. Yale bested Pennsylvania. 81 20, In one of the greatest games OF the day. Princeton was extended to beat williams, IA to Z, while Harvard was overcome by Holy Cross, l3 to O. Out on the West Coast, Illinois drubbed Southern California, 1870, in one of the first of the big intersectional games. In an other, Purdue overthew Tordham, 20 to o. In other big games Min nesota defeated Nebraska, 1877; Tennessee drubbed Auburn, 1876, and Notre Dame won from Wis consin, ITO. Ohio State trainpied Drake, 85–7. There was . racing upset at Belmont Park when Tintagel, at 7-to-1, took the rich Futurity. At Laurel. Psychic Bid and Speed to Spare took co-features. Details of these sparkling events will be found in The Stars sports pages.

Imperial Valley press, October 14, 1935, page 3 (results column)
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NEW YORK, Oct. IA. U,P)-The nations football parade today was headed by a select group of mid western teams – Minnesota, Iowa Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State-Which set a dizzy pace in last weeks topsy-turvy acton. Big ten teams scored outstanding jntersectional victories which stamp ed the western conference as the strongest football league in the land In New York, Purdue crushed Fordham, 300 In Los Angeles, Bob Zuppke’s little Illinois team knock ed off Southern California, 1910. In Lincoln, Minnesota smashed Nebraska, 1877. In Iowa City, Iowa conuuered Colgate, 1916. Those four victories were the high spots Of one of the biggest field days the Big Ten has ever enjoyed at the eXpense of outsiders. Lop- Sided Win Ohio State, favorite to win the Big Ten title, showed a flash of its smouldering power by crushing Drake, 85–7. Michigan State made a definite bid for national recogniton by overwhelming Kansas, 42–0. While those six teams were going to the front of the parade, Stanford and Alabama, New Years Day Rose Bowl rivals, met defeat for the first
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)
Ohio State 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Drake
- Next gameat CreightonOct. 19, 1935
- SeasonDrake in 1935
- ProgramDrake history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternOct. 19, 1935
- SeasonOhio State in 1935
- ProgramOhio State history and records

