Arkansas vs. Drury

Arkansas and Drury first met in 1906 and have played 10 times; Arkansas leads the series 8–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arkansas 8–⁠1, and Arkansas has won the last 3.

Arkansas wins
8
Drury wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1906
Longest streak
5 Arkansas
Current streak
3 Arkansas
Last 10 meetings
Arkansas 8–⁠1
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0–⁠1
1910s2–⁠1
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
24.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas
6–⁠0–⁠1 Arkansas’s record at home
At Drury
1–⁠2 Drury’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win1911: Arkansas 65, Drury 5by 60 points
  2. Drury’s biggest win1914: Drury 28, Arkansas 7by 21 points
  3. Upset1914: Drury 28, Arkansas 7Drury had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas and Drury, 1906 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1922 game: Arkansas Beats Drury

    1922 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 8, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: COACH BROWNS PAINTERS THROW BIG SCARE INTO CAMP OF THE AUBURN PLAINSMEN Football Results

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 7, 1923

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 6, 1923Arkansas 26, Drury 0at Arkansas
Oct 7, 1922Arkansas 22, Drury 0at Arkansas
Oct 8, 1921Arkansas 40, Drury 0at Arkansas
Nov 28, 1914Drury 28, Arkansas 7at Drury
Oct 7, 1911Arkansas 65, Drury 5at Arkansas
Oct 1, 1910Arkansas 33, Drury 0at Arkansas
Oct 9, 1909Arkansas 12, Drury 6at Drury
Oct 19, 1907Arkansas 17, Drury 6at Drury
Oct 12, 1907Arkansas 23, Drury 0at Arkansas
Oct 8, 1906Arkansas 0, Drury 0at Arkansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.