Drake at Grinnell

Saturday, November 4, 1916

Grinnell beat Drake 21–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Drake led the series 14–⁠9.

AwayDrake3–⁠5 in 1916
0
HomeGrinnell1–⁠1 in 1916
21

FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening times-Republican's story: GRINNELL DEFEATS DRAKE. Three Touchdowns Scored on Bulldogs II

    Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 6, 1916, page 3

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    GRINNELL DEFEATS DRAKE. Three Touchdowns Scored on Bulldogs II Three Touchdowns Scored on Bulldogs in First Halt Of Game. Special to Times-Republican. Grinnell Nov 6.-By outplaying Drake in three quarters and scoring three touchdowns in the first half GrinneM defeated her ancient rival by a score of 31–⁠0, in the Drake stadium, Saturday. Early in the first period Augustine broke around brakes left end for a 40-yard run and touchdown. At the start Of the second quarter GrinneE reeled off four successive first downs thru the line. Watt went over on delayed pass. Drake made downs once after receiving the kickoff but was forced to punt, Grinnell recovering on her 45-yard line. Grinnell marched straight down the field for the final touchdown Of the game Schultz taking the bali over the goal line. Attic the special with the returning team and rooters did not reach Grin nell until past midnight 1t was met by over hundred students who did not make the trip, and led by the band the crowd paraded to Ward field where an early morning bonfire was staged.

  • The Ottumwa semi-weekly courier's story: GRINNELL BEATS DRAKE BULLDOGS

    Ottumwa semi-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, November 7, 1916, page 5

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    GRINNELL BEATS DRAKE BULLDOGS Des Moines. Nov. 6.--Grinnell col lege downed Drake university in hard fought game Saturday. 81 to o. Augustine’s fifty yard run in the first quarter scored Grinnelrs first touch down. Line smashes by Shultz and Watt in the second quarter gave the visitors two more touchdowns.

  • The Williston graphic's story: GridirOn Results Saturdays Games

    Williston graphic, Williston, Williams County, N.D., November 9, 1916, page 1 (results column)

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    GridirOn Results Saturdays Games N. D. A. C. O; U. N. D. 10. Kenmare High, 21; Minot 0. Park River high 26; Grafton 6. Jamestown high IS; Valley City O. Casselton high 6; Hope 0. Mandan high 12; Bismarck 0. Enderlin high So; LaMoure 6. New Rockford high 27; Darlington Mohall high 80; Rugby 0. Northwest South Dakota IT,, 3; Michigan Agyies, 3. South Dakota State, Z; Hamline, O. Carleton, 70; Beloit, 0. West Illinois, ID; Minnesota, g., Ohio State, IA; Wisconsin, 13. Chicago, 16; Purdue, 7. Northwestern, Z; Indiana, 0. Nebraska, 8; Ames, 0. Michigan, 66; Washington U, z. Grinnell, 21; Drake, 0. Oregon, 0; Washington, 0. East Yale, 7; Colgate. 8. Army, 30; Notre Dame, 10. Dartmouth, Is; Syracuse, 10. Harvard, 81; Virginia, 0. Princeton, AZ; Bucknell, 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 60% to win. Grinnell won as Elo’s underdog.

Drake leads 35–⁠13–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Drake 7, Grinnell 6
1941Drake 8, Grinnell 0
1940Drake 20, Grinnell 7
1939Drake 13, Grinnell 0
1938Drake 21, Grinnell 6
1937Drake 45, Grinnell 7

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