Drake at Iowa State

Saturday, November 5, 1938

No. 18 Iowa State beat Drake 14–⁠0. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Iowa State led the series 24–⁠10–⁠3.

AwayDrake5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
0
Home18Iowa State7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1938
14

FinalHigh 47°F, low 34°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 15,937

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1938, page 26 (results column)

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    also by 80 count. Utah State won from Brigham Young by the same method and score. The wave of form reversals failed to affect such leaders as Tennessee, Dartmouth, Notre Dame. Oklahoma, and Texas Christian while Duke, undefeated and unscored upon, remained idle. Notre Dame easily swept past Navy, $50; Oklahoma continued its march toward the Big Six crown by whipping Kansas State, 26–⁠0; Texas Christian toppled Tulsa, 21–⁠0; Tennessee pushed over Chattanooga, $50, and Dartmouth toyed with Dickinson, AS. Iowa State, Western Reserve, Boston College and Villanova also maintained their unbeaten status. Iowa State topped Drake. 14–⁠0; Western Reserve edged out West Virginia, TO; Boston Col lege ripped through Indiana, 40, and Villanova trounced Auburn, 25–⁠12. Harvard and Columbia contributed intersectional victories for the East. the former spotting Chicago two touchdowns and then winning. 47–⁠13, while CO. lumbia trounced Virginia, $50. Furman, Of the Southern Conference, tripped Marshall, 1918. PENIS last-period drivd at Ann Arbor failed to overtake Michigan’s early lead and the Wolverines won, 1913. Holy Cross passing attack buried Temple under q $50

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)

Iowa State 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa State leads 48–⁠17–⁠4 in 69 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Iowa State 27, Drake 24
1985Drake 20, Iowa State 17
1984Iowa State 21, Drake 17
1982Iowa State 35, Drake 10
1978Iowa State 35, Drake 7
1976Iowa State 58, Drake 14

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