Drake vs. Notre Dame

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

1. Notre Dame’s biggest win1931: Notre Dame 63, Drake 0by 63 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Drake’s side (Solem 0–⁠5 against Rockne). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1926 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 22, 1926

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  1927 · Seward daily gateway, Alaska, Nov 21, 1927

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  1929 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Nov 10, 1929

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 16, 1930

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  1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1932

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Drake vs. Iowa State69 meetings, Drake 17–⁠48–⁠4
• Drake vs. Grinnell50 meetings, Drake 35–⁠13–⁠2
• Drake vs. Northern Iowa36 meetings, Drake 19–⁠16–⁠1
• Drake vs. Wichita State35 meetings, Drake 10–⁠25
• Notre Dame vs. Navy98 meetings, Notre Dame 84–⁠13–⁠1
• Notre Dame vs. USC96 meetings, Notre Dame 53–⁠38–⁠5
• Notre Dame vs. Purdue90 meetings, Notre Dame 62–⁠26–⁠2
• Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh74 meetings, Notre Dame 52–⁠21–⁠1