Iowa at Drake

Saturday, October 26, 1907

Iowa beat Drake 25–⁠4. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayIowa3–⁠2 in 1907
25
HomeDrake3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1907
4

FinalHigh 54°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Rock Island Argus's story: IOwa Defeats Drake.

    Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 28, 1907, page 1

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    IOwa Defeats Drake. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 2S.-Iowa university defeated Drake university at football by score of % to 4. Iowa’s victory was largely due to the brilliant work on both offense and defense of Fullback Kirk and his punting and for. ward passing. In the latter depart ment of the game. however, Drake had margin the better of it.

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 50% to win. Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Iowa leads 10–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Iowa 58, Drake 0
1941Iowa 25, Drake 8
1910Iowa 21, Drake 0
1909Drake 17, Iowa 14
1908Drake 12, Iowa 6
1907Iowa 25, Drake 4

Around this game

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