Creighton vs. Drake
Creighton and Drake first met in 1907 and have played 18 times; the series is tied 8–8–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Creighton 5–3, and Creighton has won the last 4. Share
- Creighton wins
- 8
- Drake wins
- 8
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1907
- Longest streak
- 5 Drake
- Current streak
- 4 Creighton
- Last 10 meetings
- Creighton 5–3
- Most recent
- 1942
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–5–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–0 |
- Average margin
- 10.2 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Creighton
- 5–4–1 Creighton’s record at home
- At Drake
- 4–3–1 Drake’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Creighton’s biggest win1942: Creighton 33, Drake 14by 19 points
- Drake’s biggest win1930: Drake 38, Creighton 6by 32 points
- Upset1907: Creighton 21, Drake 11Creighton had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1917: Creighton 12, Drake 3Creighton had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1936: Creighton 13, Drake 6Creighton had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Creighton | Series | Drake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–1939 | Marchy Schwartz | 2–1–2 | Vee Green |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Creighton’s side (Schwartz 2–1–2 against Green). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
1920 · Evening journal, Delaware, Nov 15, 1920
1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 30, 1928
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 24, 1942 | Creighton 33, Drake 14 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Creighton 12, Drake 7 | at Creighton | ||
| Nov 23, 1940 | Creighton 14, Drake 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 14, 1939 | Creighton 7, Drake 0 | at Creighton | ||
| Oct 15, 1938 | Drake 7, Creighton 7 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 15, 1937 | Drake 9, Creighton 0 | at Creighton | ||
| Oct 16, 1936 | Creighton 13, Drake 6 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 19, 1935 | Creighton 6, Drake 6 | at Creighton | ||
| Nov 24, 1934 | Drake 6, Creighton 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 13, 1933 | Drake 6, Creighton 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 22, 1932 | Creighton 12, Drake 0 | at Creighton | ||
| Oct 9, 1931 | Drake 19, Creighton 6 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Drake 38, Creighton 6 | at Creighton | ||
| Nov 1, 1929 | Drake 34, Creighton 12 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 29, 1928 | Drake 6, Creighton 0 | at Creighton | ||
| Nov 13, 1920 | Drake 7, Creighton 0 | at Creighton | ||
| Oct 13, 1917 | Creighton 12, Drake 3 | at Creighton | ||
| Nov 16, 1907 | Creighton 21, Drake 11 | at Creighton |
Every game is listed as played on the field.