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Simpson (IA) at Drake

Saturday, October 26, 1912

Drake beat Simpson (IA) 28–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Drake led the series 8–⁠2.

AwaySimpson (IA)0–⁠2 in 1912
0
HomeDrake5–⁠3 in 1912
28

FinalHigh 69°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The Ottumwa tri-weekly courier's story: DRAKE DEFEATS SIMPSON COLLEGE

    Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, October 29, 1912, page 1

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    DRAKE DEFEATS SIMPSON COLLEGE Des Moines. Oct. 2s.--ln one Of the hardest battles fought By the two teams In years the Drake university football eleven defeated simpson DOL lege at Drake stadium Saturday sitter noon BY Z score Of 70 too. s$ It was q terrific struggle from start to finish with the Simpson deeSnss disputing every inch OF the ground, fighting desperately 70 StOt the power full attack Of the bulldog bGcks which hammered insistently against the line and swept the ends for consistent gains. 8s5s sE9sa3

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. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Simpson (IA)–Drake game

Drake leads 21–⁠2–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Drake 52, Simpson (IA) 6
1935Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 12
1934Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 6
1933Drake 14, Simpson (IA) 7
1932Drake 31, Simpson (IA) 9
1931Drake 26, Simpson (IA) 0

Around this game

Simpson (IA)

Drake