Drake and Iowa State have 69 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Iowa State leads the series 48–17–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa State 9–1. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Drake’s side (Griffith 1–2 against Williams). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Drake Iowa StateTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 27, 1903
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 23, 1924
1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 24, 1930
1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1932
1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 25, 1937
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.
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).
