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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
1940s0–⁠0–⁠1
1950s4–⁠2
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

  1. Denver’s biggest win1955: Denver 33, Drake 7by 26 points
  2. Drake’s biggest win1951: Drake 20, Denver 7by 13 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Denver and Drake, 1934 on130015001700193519401945195019551960

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 Evening star's story of the 1934 game: Slab Situation Cr Eue1ett$ Debut Marks Battling Foot Ball Results

    1934 · Evening star, Nov 11, 1934

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 20, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: College Football Scores YESTERDAY

    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, 1955Denver 33, Drake 7at Denver
Sep 25, 1954Denver 33, Drake 13at Drake
Sep 26, 1953Denver 33, Drake 14at Denver
Nov 1, 1952Denver 27, Drake 19at Drake
Sep 22, 1951Drake 20, Denver 7at Denver
Sep 16, 1950Drake 7, Denver 0at Drake
Oct 20, 1945Drake 19, Denver 19at Drake
Nov 7, 1936Denver 27, Drake 13at Drake
Nov 10, 1934Denver 8, Drake 7at Denver

Every game is listed as played on the field.