History Programs Drake vs. Northern Iowa Drake vs. Northern Iowa Drake and Northern Iowa have 36 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Drake leads the series 19–16–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Northern Iowa 7–3, and Northern Iowa has won the last 5. Share
Drake wins 19
Northern Iowa wins 16
Ties 1
Longest streak 7 Drake
Current streak 5 Northern Iowa
Last 10 meetings Northern Iowa 7–3
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1900s 4–0 1910s 2–0 1940s 2–3–1 1950s 6–3 1970s 2–3 1980s 3–2 2000s 0–3 2010s 0–1 2020s 0–1
Average margin 21.3 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake 12–6–1 Drake’s record at home
At Northern Iowa 10–7 Northern Iowa’s record at home
Shutouts 7 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Northern Iowa, 1900 on 1300 1500 1700 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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.
Every game Sep 12, 2026 Northern Iowa 56, Drake 14 at Northern Iowa Sep 7, 2013 Northern Iowa 45, Drake 14 at Northern Iowa Sep 22, 2007 Northern Iowa 45, Drake 7 at Drake Aug 31, 2006 Northern Iowa 48, Drake 7 at Drake Sep 1, 2005 Northern Iowa 52, Drake 17 at Northern Iowa Sep 7, 1985 Drake 24, Northern Iowa 9 at Drake Sep 8, 1984 Northern Iowa 33, Drake 28 at Drake Sep 3, 1983 Northern Iowa 34, Drake 10 at Northern Iowa Sep 4, 1982 Drake 40, Northern Iowa 13 at Drake Sep 5, 1981 Drake 39, Northern Iowa 30 at Northern Iowa Oct 4, 1975 Northern Iowa 27, Drake 24 at Drake Oct 12, 1974 Northern Iowa 41, Drake 17 at Northern Iowa Oct 13, 1973 Northern Iowa 31, Drake 3 at Drake Oct 14, 1972 Drake 21, Northern Iowa 14 at Northern Iowa Oct 9, 1971 Drake 28, Northern Iowa 0 at Drake Oct 4, 1958 Northern Iowa 20, Drake 16 at Northern Iowa Sep 21, 1957 Drake 34, Northern Iowa 12 at Drake Sep 29, 1956 Northern Iowa 20, Drake 0 at Northern Iowa Sep 30, 1955 Northern Iowa 21, Drake 14 at Drake Oct 9, 1954 Drake 14, Northern Iowa 12 at Northern Iowa Nov 14, 1953 Drake 27, Northern Iowa 20 at Drake Sep 20, 1952 Drake 14, Northern Iowa 12 at Northern Iowa Oct 6, 1951 Drake 39, Northern Iowa 6 at Drake Oct 14, 1950 Drake 34, Northern Iowa 18 at Northern Iowa Oct 2, 1948 Northern Iowa 6, Drake 0 at Northern Iowa Nov 1, 1947 Drake 6, Northern Iowa 6 at Drake Nov 16, 1946 Northern Iowa 46, Drake 0 at Northern Iowa Nov 10, 1945 Drake 53, Northern Iowa 6 at Drake Nov 7, 1942 Northern Iowa 27, Drake 12 at Northern Iowa Nov 8, 1941 Drake 13, Northern Iowa 0 at Drake Nov 14, 1914 Drake 14, Northern Iowa 3 at Drake Nov 15, 1913 Drake 25, Northern Iowa 0 at Drake Nov 19, 1904 Drake 26, Northern Iowa 6 at Northern Iowa Oct 18, 1902 Drake 36, Northern Iowa 5 at Drake Oct 19, 1901 Drake 33, Northern Iowa 2 at Northern Iowa Oct 13, 1900 Drake 50, Northern Iowa 0 at Drake
Every game is listed as played on the field.
