South Dakota State at Drake
Saturday, September 17, 1949 Share
Drake beat South Dakota State 40–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Drake led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 58°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every South Dakota State–Drake gameSouth Dakota State leads 7–4 in 11 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
Around this game
South Dakota State
- Next gameat BradleyNov. 12, 1949
- SeasonSouth Dakota State in 1949
- ProgramSouth Dakota State history and records
Drake
- Next gamevs. Emporia StateSept. 24, 1949
- SeasonDrake in 1949
- ProgramDrake history and records

