Drake at Simpson (IA)

Saturday, November 3, 1900

Drake beat Simpson (IA) 6–⁠5. It was their first meeting; after it, Drake led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayDrake6–⁠3 in 1900
6
HomeSimpson (IA)0–⁠2–⁠1 in 1900
5

FinalHigh 71°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening times-Republican's story

    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.

Drake leads 21–⁠2–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Drake 52, Simpson (IA) 6
1935Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 12
1934Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 6
1933Drake 14, Simpson (IA) 7
1932Drake 31, Simpson (IA) 9
1931Drake 26, Simpson (IA) 0

Around this game

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