South Dakota State at Drake

Saturday, September 17, 1949

Drake beat South Dakota State 40–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Drake led the series 3–⁠0.

AwaySouth Dakota State0–⁠2 in 1949
0
HomeDrake6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1949
40

FinalHigh 72°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID Up5ET5

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 17, 1949, page 6 (results column)

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    GRID Up5ET5 N33y U11N IxAoONHUeS1 ‘ oooI Two Southern football “biggieS” kicked off last night, Georgia beat ing stubborn Furman, 25–⁠0, and Mississippi trampling Memphis State, 40–⁠7. Johnny Bakers Denver Univer- sity gang gave strong warning to the Rocky Mountain area with a 48-O rout of Colorado Mines. Drake served notice on the Mid- lands with a 40–⁠0 tune-up against South Dakota State.

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Dakota State leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2025South Dakota State 37, Drake 21
2023South Dakota State 70, Drake 7
2019South Dakota State 38, Drake 10
2017South Dakota State 51, Drake 10
2016South Dakota State 56, Drake 28
1983South Dakota State 20, Drake 3

Around this game

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