Iowa at Drake
Saturday, October 26, 1907 Share
Iowa beat Drake 25–4. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 7–0.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 36°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Iowa–Drake gameIowa leads 10–2 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1985 | Iowa 58, Drake 0 | |
| 1941 | Iowa 25, Drake 8 | |
| 1910 | Iowa 21, Drake 0 | |
| 1909 | Drake 17, Iowa 14 | |
| 1908 | Drake 12, Iowa 6 | |
| 1907 | Iowa 25, Drake 4 |
Around this game
Iowa
- Next gamevs. WisconsinNov. 2, 1907
- SeasonIowa in 1907
- ProgramIowa history and records
Drake
- Next gamevs. GrinnellNov. 2, 1907
- SeasonDrake in 1907
- ProgramDrake history and records

