Drake at Iowa State
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Iowa State beat Drake 7–6. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Iowa State led the series 25–11–3.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 42°F, 1.1 in. of rainAttendance 5,444
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 34
Read the text
Ames Beuts Drake In Roin, 7 to 6 AMES, Iowa, Nov. 9.-That i’m portant point after touchdown won 7–6 football battle here today for Iowa States big six Cyclones over the Drake Bulldogs. Drake counted in the first pc Rod of rain-soaked game. Iowa State came back with a touchdown in the second period and added the game-winning point on a place-kick. Neither side was able to pune ture the others defense through out the second half.
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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Iowa State gameIowa State leads 48–17–4 in 69 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.
| 2018 | Iowa State 27, Drake 24 | |
| 1985 | Drake 20, Iowa State 17 | |
| 1984 | Iowa State 21, Drake 17 | |
| 1982 | Iowa State 35, Drake 10 | |
| 1978 | Iowa State 35, Drake 7 | |
| 1976 | Iowa State 58, Drake 14 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gameat Washington St. LouisNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonDrake in 1940
- ProgramDrake history and records
Iowa State
- Next gameat Kansas StateNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonIowa State in 1940
- ProgramIowa State history and records

