Drake at Simpson (IA)
Saturday, November 3, 1900 Share
Drake beat Simpson (IA) 6–5. It was their first meeting; after it, Drake led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 3, 1900, page 8
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An Iowa game yesterday that proved an excellent article Of foot ball was the contest between the Campbellites OF Drake University and the Methodists OF Simpson College. Indianola. Drake won by score of 6 to 5. Aside from the Grim nell-Ames game today Iowa games are the Iowa State Normal School VS.. Coe College. at Cedar Falls, and Still Osteopathy College VS.. Des Moines College. at Des Moines.
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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Simpson (IA) gameDrake leads 21–2–2 in 25 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 1936 | Drake 52, Simpson (IA) 6 | |
| 1935 | Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 12 | |
| 1934 | Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 6 | |
| 1933 | Drake 14, Simpson (IA) 7 | |
| 1932 | Drake 31, Simpson (IA) 9 | |
| 1931 | Drake 26, Simpson (IA) 0 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 10, 1900
- SeasonDrake in 1900
- ProgramDrake history and records
Simpson (IA)
- Next gameat MissouriOct. 11, 1901
- SeasonSimpson (IA) in 1900
- ProgramSimpson (IA) history and records
