Bradley vs. Drake
Bradley and Drake first met in 1948 and have played 11 times; Drake leads the series 9–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Drake 8–2, and Drake has won the last 4. Share
- Bradley wins
- 2
- Drake wins
- 9
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 4 Drake
- Current streak
- 4 Drake
- Last 10 meetings
- Drake 8–2
- Most recent
- 1958
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13.3 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bradley
- 0–5 Bradley’s record at home
- At Drake
- 4–2 Drake’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bradley’s biggest win1952: Bradley 33, Drake 0by 33 points
- Drake’s biggest win1955: Drake 40, Bradley 7by 33 points
- Upset1952: Bradley 33, Drake 0Bradley had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1951
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 25, 1958 | Drake 14, Bradley 12 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 26, 1957 | Drake 21, Bradley 13 | at Bradley | ||
| Oct 27, 1956 | Drake 55, Bradley 47 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 22, 1955 | Drake 40, Bradley 7 | at Bradley | ||
| Oct 23, 1954 | Bradley 14, Drake 7 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | Drake 21, Bradley 13 | at Bradley | ||
| Oct 25, 1952 | Bradley 33, Drake 0 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 29, 1951 | Drake 20, Bradley 14 | at Bradley | ||
| Nov 4, 1950 | Drake 42, Bradley 14 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 1, 1949 | Drake 17, Bradley 7 | at Bradley | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | Drake 17, Bradley 14 | at Drake |
Every game is listed as played on the field.