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Drake vs. Iowa

Drake and Iowa have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Iowa leads the series 10–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa 8–⁠2, and Iowa has won the last 3.

Drake wins
2
Iowa wins
10
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1900
Longest streak
7 Iowa
Current streak
3 Iowa
Last 10 meetings
Iowa 8–⁠2
Most recent
1985

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠7
1910s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
Average margin
20.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake
1–⁠4 Drake’s record at home
At Iowa
6–⁠1 Iowa’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Drake’s biggest win1908: Drake 12, Iowa 6by 6 points
  2. Iowa’s biggest win1985: Iowa 58, Drake 0by 58 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Iowa, 1900 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 Audubon County journal's story of the 1900 game: DRAKE DEFEATED BY IOWA. Collegiates O-,tclassed at Iowa City by the University Wen and Cannot Score.

    1900 · Audubon County journal, Exira, Iowa, Nov 1, 1900

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: IOWA HAS A HARD GAME Drake Puts Up Stubborn Fight and 4 Scores on Hawkeyes.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 12, 1903

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1905 game: DRAKE Is ourCLAssED nv IOWA score l. FoFty-FOur 10 NothinE with Hawkeye LINE weakened

    1905 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Nov 19, 1905

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1907 game: IOwa Defeats Drake.

    1907 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 28, 1907

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1908 game: IOWA IS oUTCLAssED BY DRAKE university Loses All Claim TO the state Championship.

    1908 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 15, 1908

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 14, 19855Iowa 58, Drake 0at Iowa
Sep 27, 1941Iowa 25, Drake 8at Iowa
Nov 12, 1910Iowa 21, Drake 0at Iowa
Nov 6, 1909Drake 17, Iowa 14at Drake
Nov 14, 1908Drake 12, Iowa 6at Iowa
Oct 26, 1907Iowa 25, Drake 4at Drake
Nov 18, 1905Iowa 44, Drake 0at Iowa
Oct 6, 1904Iowa 17, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 10, 1903Iowa 22, Drake 6at Iowa
Oct 11, 1902Iowa 12, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 11, 1901Iowa 6, Drake 5at Drake
Oct 26, 1900Iowa 26, Drake 0at Iowa

Every game is listed as played on the field.