Des Moines Baptist at Drake

Saturday, October 1, 1910

Des Moines Baptist beat Drake 6–⁠5. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Drake led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayDes Moines Baptist1–⁠0 in 1910
6
HomeDrake3–⁠5 in 1910
5

FinalHigh 73°F, low 49°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Norfolk weekly news-journal's story: Scores Of Football Games.

    The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., October 7, 1910, page 7 (results column)

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    Scores Of Football Games. Creighton, 5; Yankton, 0. Nebraska, Sc; Peru, 0. Bellevue, 10; Amity, 0. Omaha high school, 90; Nebraska City, 3. Iowa, IL; Morningside, 0. York high, 16; Aurora, 0. Des Moines Baptist, 6; Drake, 5. Rhode Island State, 5; Tufts, 0. st. Louis, %; Cape Girardeau, 0. Princeton, IS; Stevens, 0. Pennsylvania, 30; Gettysburg, O. Navy, 16; st. Johns, 0. Rose Polytechnic Institute, AZ; East ern Illinois normal, 0. Kentucky State, ~; Marysville, 5. Lafayette, 10; Ursinus, 0 Yale, II; Syracuse. 6. University of Pittsburg, SO; Ohio Northern, 0. Williams, 20; Union, 0. Dartmouth, 6; Massachusetts Agricultural college, 0. Western Reserve, 10; Wooster 0. Ohio State, 81; Wittenburg, 0. Amherst, 0; Springfield Training school, 0. Harvard, so; Bowdoin, 0. Indiana State, -; De Paw, 0. Brown, 81; Norwich, 0. Cornell, “a; Rensselaer, Polytechnic, 0. Ames, 10; Coe, O. University of Tennessee, 0; Central, 0. Washburn college, 81; College of Emporia, 10. Kansas State Agricultural college 80; Haskell Indians, 0. Kansas university, II; Ottawa uni. versity, 0. South Omaha high, 6; Ashland high 0. Minnesota, II; South Dakota, 0. Butler, “a; Georgetown (KyD, 0. Oberlin, 0; Buchtel. 8. Trinity, 20; Worcester Technical, O. University of Cincinnati, 16; Tran sylvania, O. Illinois, 13; Milliken, 0.

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. Des Moines Baptist pulled the upset.

Drake leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1911Drake 29, Des Moines Baptist 0
1910Des Moines Baptist 6, Drake 5
1909Drake 9, Des Moines Baptist 0
1906Drake 14, Des Moines Baptist 6
1901Drake 29, Des Moines Baptist 0
1900Drake 29, Des Moines Baptist 0

Around this game

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