Drake at Iowa State

Saturday, November 9, 1940

Iowa State beat Drake 7–⁠6. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Iowa State led the series 25–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayDrake4–⁠5 in 1940
6
HomeIowa State4–⁠5 in 1940
7

FinalHigh 46°F, low 42°F, 1.1 in. of rainAttendance 5,444

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Ames Beuts Drake In Roin, 7 to 6

    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.

Iowa State leads 48–⁠17–⁠4 in 69 meetings, counting the 30 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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