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Drake vs. Grinnell

Drake and Grinnell have 50 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Drake leads the series 35–⁠13–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Drake 10–⁠0, and Drake has won the last 11.

Drake wins
35
Grinnell wins
13
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
11 Drake
Current streak
11 Drake
Last 10 meetings
Drake 10–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s10–⁠5
1910s5–⁠5
1920s7–⁠1–⁠2
1930s10–⁠1
1940s3–⁠0
Average margin
16.3 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake
29–⁠10–⁠1 Drake’s record at home
At Grinnell
3–⁠6–⁠1 Grinnell’s record at home
Shutouts
31

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Drake’s biggest win1904: Drake 67, Grinnell 0by 67 points
  2. Grinnell’s biggest win1918: Grinnell 71, Drake 0by 71 points
  3. Upset1912: Grinnell 13, Drake 0Grinnell had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1915: Grinnell 58, Drake 0Grinnell had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1905: Grinnell 5, Drake 4Grinnell had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Grinnell, 1899 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 times-Republican's story of the 1901 game

    1901 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 7, 1901

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1901 game: crinnell s, Drake 0.

    1901 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov 29, 1901

  • The Akron daily Democrat's story of the 1902 game: HURRAH For East Akron, Champions! Out. Played Canton on a Muddy Field. BuchteI Team Lost to Heidelburg, Despite Its Working In Judy Price-Sport News.

    1902 · Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, Nov 28, 1902

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1905 game: Saturdays Foot Ball Scores. WESTERN GAMES.

    1905 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct 23, 1905

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1906 game: Some other Football scores.

    1906 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 29, 1906

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 3, 1942Drake 7, Grinnell 6at Drake
Oct 4, 1941Drake 8, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 5, 1940Drake 20, Grinnell 7at Drake
Oct 7, 1939Drake 13, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 29, 1938Drake 21, Grinnell 6at Drake
Oct 29, 1937Drake 45, Grinnell 7at Drake
Oct 31, 1936Drake 19, Grinnell 6at Drake
Nov 2, 1935Drake 33, Grinnell 21at Drake
Oct 20, 1934Drake 8, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 18, 1933Drake 13, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 21, 1933Drake 13, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 29, 1932Grinnell 7, Drake 0at Drake
Nov 21, 1931Drake 6, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 18, 1930Drake 20, Grinnell 7at Drake
Oct 26, 1929Drake 6, Grinnell 6at Drake
Oct 20, 1928Drake 19, Grinnell 7at Drake
Oct 22, 1927Drake 26, Grinnell 6at Grinnell
Nov 27, 1926Grinnell 13, Drake 0at Grinnell
Oct 24, 1925Drake 7, Grinnell 6at Grinnell
Oct 18, 1924Drake 13, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 27, 1923Drake 41, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Nov 18, 1922Drake 21, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 19, 1921Drake 21, Grinnell 10at Drake
Oct 30, 1920Grinnell 6, Drake 6at Grinnell
Nov 1, 1919Drake 6, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 2, 1918Grinnell 71, Drake 0at Drake
Nov 3, 1917Grinnell 25, Drake 7at Drake
Nov 4, 1916Grinnell 21, Drake 0at Grinnell
Nov 6, 1915Grinnell 58, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 10, 1914Drake 20, Grinnell 7at Drake
Oct 11, 1913Drake 20, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 16, 1912Grinnell 13, Drake 0at Drake
Nov 11, 1911Drake 6, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 5, 1910Drake 13, Grinnell 9at Drake
Oct 30, 1909Drake 32, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 24, 1908Drake 9, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 2, 1907Grinnell 10, Drake 0at Drake
Sep 28, 1907Drake 6, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 27, 1906Grinnell 4, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 21, 1905Grinnell 5, Drake 4at Drake
Oct 29, 1904Drake 67, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 14, 1903Drake 32, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Nov 27, 1902Drake 47, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 8, 1902Drake 22, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 4, 1902Drake 11, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 23, 1901Grinnell 5, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 5, 1901Grinnell 6, Drake 5at Drake
Nov 24, 1900Drake 17, Grinnell 0at Drake
Oct 6, 1900Drake 6, Grinnell 0at Drake
Nov 25, 1899Grinnell 18, Drake 6at Grinnell

Every game is listed as played on the field.