Drake at Iowa

Saturday, November 12, 1910

Iowa beat Drake 21–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 8–⁠2.

AwayDrake3–⁠5 in 1910
0
HomeIowa5–⁠2 in 1910
21

FinalHigh 32°F, low 15°F

In the newspapers

  • The Ottumwa tri-weekly courier's story: THOMAS SCORED one TOUCHDOWN oTTuMWA ATHLETE SATURDAY HELPED IOWA UNIVERSITY WIN FROM DRAKE.

    Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, November 15, 1910, page 1

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    THOMAS SCORED one TOUCHDOWN oTTuMWA ATHLETE SATURDAY HELPED IOWA UNIVERSITY WIN FROM DRAKE. Iowa City, Nov. 14.--Iowa won the championship OF football from Drake university on Iowa field Saturday by score of 81 to 0. Hyland Of Iowa won the toss and chose to receive the ball at the north goal with wee breeze at his back. After two short gains by Murphy, Hyland and Burchman exchanged punts. Curry returned the Drake boot thirty yards and on the first play Murphy ran seventy yards for a touchdown and Hyland kicked goal Iowa 6, Drake 0. The same guar. ter Captain Burcham OF Drake immediately booted the ball for thirty -hve yard to Hyland. who returned 1t i’ve. Murphy made three OF left tackle. then lost one on spread play. O’Brien tried drop kick from the forty-fve yard line and succeeded. Iowa 9, Drake O.. The score at this point. might have been III through safety earlier In the first period, but an official ruling kept the number down. /. The second quarter brought no scores for either side. In the third quarter Hyland punted thirty five yards to McCreight, who returned 1t hve yards. From brakes forty-five yard line blocked punt sent the ball rolling toward the goal line. Buckley recovered it and Thomas on the next play went through brakes left end for touchdown. Hyland kicked Q beautiful goal. Iowa Is, Drake 0. Then Hyland returned Burcham’s punt for fifteen yards and Murphy went through Reeves for two yards. Now the ball was on brakes twenty two yard line in Iowa’s possession. Curry, on a successful forward pass from Murphy, sprinted twenty-five yards to the corner OF the field and then scrambled over for the last touch down. Kyland kicked goal. Iowa 81, Drake 0. l,1a,

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: HAWKEYES FLAUNT IOWA FLAG Drake Unable to Get Look in Wher State Opposes. SCORE TwEETY-ONE TO NAUGHT First score Comes in First Three Minutes of PIay--DraEe Holds Once ON the Ten-Yard Line.

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 13, 1910, page 1

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    HAWKEYES FLAUNT IOWA FLAG Drake Unable to Get Look in Wher State Opposes. SCORE TwEETY-ONE TO NAUGHT First score Comes in First Three Minutes of PIay--DraEe Holds Once ON the Ten-Yard Line. IOWA CITY, Ia, Nov l2-(special Tele~ gram --Iowa won the championship of foot bali from Drake university OF Des Moines on Iowa field this afternoon by a score Of q to 0. The game was Iowa’s throughout, the Blue and White from the capital city not having even look in and at no time were the Drake players even in danger Of scoring. The first score was made in the first three minutes Of play and the remainder OF the twenty-one counts came Internationally throughout the rest Of the four quarters. Captain Hyland OF Iowa won the toss and chose to receive the ball at the north goal with a wee breeze at his back. After two short gains by Murphy, Hyland and Burcham exchanged punts. Curry returned the Drake boot thirty yards and on the first play Murphy ran seventy yards for touchdown and Hyland kicked goal Score: Iowa, G; Drake 0. IN the same quarter Hyiand punted to McCrelght for thirty-five yards. The Drake man was downed for no gain. Captain Burcham Of Drake Immediately booted the ball for thirty-five yards to Hyland who returned It five. Murphy made three off left tackle. then lost one on a spread play. o’Brsen tried a drop kick from the forty five yard line and succeeded. Score: Iowa, 3; Drake. o. The score az this point might have been II Though a safety earlier in the first period, but the officials ruling kept the number down. The second quarter brought no score for either side.

  • The Los Angeles herald's story: WHITTIER FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Los Angeles herald, November 13, 1910, page 16 (results column)

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    WHITTIER FOOTBALL RESULTS At Princeton-Yale s, Princeton 3. At nneapolis-Minnesota rs, Wisconsin 0. At CambriLg ge-Harvard Is, Dartmouth o. At Philadelphia-Pen 0, Michigan 0. At Annapolis-Navy 6, Carlisle 0. At Lafayette Ind.-Purdue IA DePauw o. At Lincoln-Nebraska a. Ames 0. Al Iowa City-Iowa 21. Drake 0. At Columbia, Mo.-Missouri State 2l Washington g. At Providenoe-Brown SO. Vermont 0. At Cleveland-Case 2O Kenyon o. At Washington-Virginia 0. Georgetown 10. At West Point-West Point 10, Villa Nova 0. At Columbus-Ohio State 6, Ohio Wesleyan U. AT Chicago-Illipois 27, Northwestern o. At Atlanta-Vanderbilt %, Technical 0. At Ithaca-CorneH IS, Chicago o. At Berkeey-University of California 20, Stanford 6. At Baer Park-Pomona 2s. Occidental O. At Whittler-U. S. C. s. Whittier 3. AT Crown Hill-Urban Academy 81, Grattan Stars o. At Whittier-state school II. Boyle Heights A. G. 3. AT Salt Iake-University Of Utah 90 Denver University 0. At Cincinnati-Central University of Ken tucky 12, University of Cincinnati g. AT Portland, Me.-Bates o. Tufts 0. At Amherst. Mass.-Amherst Q, Williams o. At Middletown, Conn.-Wesleyan 3. New York University g. At Syracuse-Colgate H. Syracuse 6. At Hartford-Trinity 81, Havreford 0. At Fort Collins, Colo.-Colorado college “a, Colorado Agricultural 0.

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOOTBALL

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, November 13, 1910, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL At Lexington-Transyvalia, g; Georgetown, 0. At Terre Haute-Notre Dame, Al; Rose Poly, 3. At Iowa City-Iowa, 21; Drake, 0. At Lafayette-Purdue, IA; Depew, 6. At Columbia-Missouri, 27; Wash ington, 8. At~St. Louis-St Louis, g; Ken lucky, 0. At Princeton-Yale, 5; Tigers, 3. At Ithaca-Cornell, IS; Chicago, o. At Philadelphia-Penn O.; Michigan, 0. At Cambridge-Harvard, IS; Dar- mouth, O. At Annapolis-Navy, 6; Carlisle, O. At West Point-West Point, 13; Villa Nova, 0. At Washington-Virgimia, 0; Georgetown, 13. At Providence-Brown, 50; Yer mont, o. At Minneapolis-Minnesota, 2S; Wisconsin. 0. At Evanston-Illinois,W W; North western, 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)

Iowa 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Iowa leads 10–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the two 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

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