Denver vs. Drake
Denver and Drake first met in 1934 and have played 9 times; Denver leads the series 6–2–1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Denver 6–2, and Denver has won the last 4. Share
- Denver wins
- 6
- Drake wins
- 2
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1934
- Longest streak
- 4 Denver
- Current streak
- 4 Denver
- Last 10 meetings
- Denver 6–2
- Most recent
- 1955
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 12 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Denver
- 3–1 Denver’s record at home
- At Drake
- 1–3–1 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
- Denver’s biggest win1955: Denver 33, Drake 7by 26 points
- Drake’s biggest win1951: Drake 20, Denver 7by 13 points
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

1934 · Evening star, Nov 11, 1934

1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 20, 1945

1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 16, 1950
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 23, 1955 | Denver 33, Drake 7 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 25, 1954 | Denver 33, Drake 13 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 26, 1953 | Denver 33, Drake 14 | at Denver | ||
| Nov 1, 1952 | Denver 27, Drake 19 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 22, 1951 | Drake 20, Denver 7 | at Denver | ||
| Sep 16, 1950 | Drake 7, Denver 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 20, 1945 | Drake 19, Denver 19 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 7, 1936 | Denver 27, Drake 13 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 10, 1934 | Denver 8, Drake 7 | at Denver |
Every game is listed as played on the field.