Missouri at Drake

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  The Topeka state journal, Kansas, November 11, 1912, page 3

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  TIGERS BEAT DRAKE. Missouri’s ‘‘Yost Split Too Much for Drake. | Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 1.-THE Missouri, State University football team de- feated Drake here, II to Il. The game, | especially in the last quarter, was a thriller. Drake failed to fathom the Yost split buck and until the game was almost over failed to get its open game to working. brakes failure to tackle gave Missouri its touchdown. Missouris fumbles lost them certain scores Missouri scored it’s points in the first three quarters. Five minutes after the game started McWilliams, standing on brakes 35-yard line, made the first field goal, second against the locals in two years. In the second quarter Knoble, breaking through the Drake line on the split buck, shook off tack lers and raced 40 yards to touchdown In the third quarter Lemire intercepted a Drake forward pass in the middle of the field and e1uded several tacklers for score. Mills kicked both goals. Entering the third quarter with the score hopelessly against them, the bull dog fight of the Drake team made itself manifest, and taking the ball on a Missouri, tumble on the Missouri 45-yard line, Drake marched through the Missouri, line for touchdown, Lansing going the last yards for the score Fiji teen seconds later Drake scored again when Bunz shot a forward pass to Lansing and the Drake captain made a sensational 50-yard run for a touch down. The lineup:

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Missouri leads 14–⁠3 in 17 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.