Iowa State at Drake

Thursday, November 26, 1903

Iowa State beat Drake 16–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Drake led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayIowa State8–⁠1 in 1903
16
HomeDrake5–⁠3 in 1903
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: So, AMES CLAIMS TITLE s"A.ggies",. Think They Are Entitled 10 State ChamninnShin

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 27, 1903, page 16

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    So, AMES CLAIMS TITLE s”A.ggies”,. Think They Are Entitled 10 State ChamninnShin New York Sun Special Service. Des MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 27.-The championship of Iowa is claimed by Ames as a result of having defeated Drake university yesterday afternoon 16 to 0. Iowa state met Drake early in the season, however, and does nos recognize Ames’ claim Z: With odds slightly favoring Drake the Ames cyclones swept them off their feet and outplayed them at every stage of the game. The only gain of Importance was a thirty-yard run by Maine on a quarterback kick. Ames secured one touchdown in the first half and two in the second on straight football.

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 60% to win. Iowa State won as Elo’s underdog.

Iowa State leads 48–⁠17–⁠4 in 69 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Iowa State 27, Drake 24
1985Drake 20, Iowa State 17
1984Iowa State 21, Drake 17
1982Iowa State 35, Drake 10
1978Iowa State 35, Drake 7
1976Iowa State 58, Drake 14

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