Drake at Missouri

Saturday, October 17, 1903

Drake beat Missouri 17–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Drake led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayDrake5–⁠3 in 1903
17
HomeMissouri1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1903
0

FinalHigh 54°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The The St. Louis Republic's story: MISSOURI TIGERS wHITEwAsHED. Columbia Lads Lose Game to Drake University, IL TO o.

    The St. Louis Republic, October 18, 1903, page 31

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    MISSOURI TIGERS wHITEwAsHED. Columbia Lads Lose Game to Drake University, IL TO o. ] l.t-Fl bL.lI SPECIAL. Columbia. Mo. oct I1.-In hotly con tested game. Missouri Univer-‘‘ went down in defeat to-day before the agErecation from Drake University bv “a score Of L to 0. Missouri was not outrIayed. but was ovcrweighed about fifteen pounds to the man Missouri played IN hard luck through the game losing the ball iu the first half on downs ON brakes CuC-yard line. In the second half IiEe same thing happened and this timo Missouri lacked hut fouinches uf touchdown Both teams played an excellent defeusiv, game. the hall constantly changing hands on downs Drake fuU!hlrd IRE queutIy. and did not have the team work shown 10y Missouri The Tigers were weakened hy the loss o. Jesse. left tackle: Myers. center. and COous. right half Tie substitutes played good LIl!. but did not have the weight OF the men laid out.

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 14–⁠3 in 17 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
1931Missouri 32, Drake 20
1930Missouri 14, Drake 13
1929Missouri 20, Drake 0
1928Drake 6, Missouri 0
1921Missouri 6, Drake 0
1920Missouri 10, Drake 7

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