Cornell (IA) vs. Drake

Cornell (IA) and Drake first met in 1902 and have played 6 times; Drake leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Drake 6–⁠0, and Drake has won the last 6.

Cornell (IA) wins
0
Drake wins
6
Ties
0
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
6 Drake
Current streak
6 Drake
Last 10 meetings
Drake 6–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠3
1940s0–⁠1
Average margin
21.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell (IA)
0–⁠1 Cornell (IA)‘s record at home
At Drake
5–⁠0 Drake’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. Drake’s biggest win1921: Drake 41, Cornell (IA) 0by 41 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell (IA) and Drake, 1902 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 Bemidji daily pioneer's story of the 1922 game: FOOTBALL REUtE

    1922 · The Bemidji daily pioneer, Bemidji, Minn., Oct 9, 1922

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

Sep 30, 1944Drake 27, Cornell (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 13, 1923Drake 20, Cornell (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 7, 1922Drake 16, Cornell (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 22, 1921Drake 41, Cornell (IA) 0at Drake
Nov 7, 1903Drake 25, Cornell (IA) 6at Drake
Nov 1, 1902Drake 6, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)

Every game is listed as played on the field.