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Kansas at Drake

Saturday, October 17, 1914

Kansas beat Drake 32–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayKansas5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1914
32
HomeDrake4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1914
7

FinalHigh 72°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: DRAKE EASY FOR KANSAS Jayhawkers Trim Bulldogs by Thir- ty-Two to Seven Score. GAME RATHER UNINTEREsTTNG Both Teams Play Old style Foot Hall Almost Continuously--- shearer Makes Only Touch down for HIS Team.

    Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 18, 1914, page 40

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    DRAKE EASY FOR KANSAS Jayhawkers Trim Bulldogs by Thir- ty-Two to Seven Score. GAME RATHER UNINTEREsTTNG Both Teams Play Old style Foot Hall Almost Continuously--shearer Makes Only Touch down for HIS Team. DIES MONIES. oct H-Kansas uni versity easily defeated Drake university here this afternoon, 30 to Z, In the first Missouri Valley conference game on the local stadium. The game was rather slow and uninterestlng. old style foot ball being played almost continuously by both teams. SheareTs run OF seventy yards after catching Kansas punt scored brakes only touchdown.

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 52% to win. Kansas won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Kansas–Drake game

Kansas leads 9–⁠6–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Kansas 20, Drake 6
1939Drake 12, Kansas 6
1927Kansas 7, Drake 6
1926Drake 13, Kansas 0
1925Drake 7, Kansas 0
1924Kansas 6, Drake 6

Around this game

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