Drake vs. Oklahoma

Drake and Oklahoma have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1920; Oklahoma leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Oklahoma 3–⁠2, and Oklahoma has won the last 2.

Drake wins
2
Oklahoma wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1920
Longest streak
2 Drake
Current streak
2 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 3–⁠2
Most recent
1926

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠3
Average margin
17.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake
1–⁠1 Drake’s record at home
At Oklahoma
2–⁠1 Oklahoma’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Drake’s biggest win1924: Drake 28, Oklahoma 0by 28 points
  2. Oklahoma’s biggest win1920: Oklahoma 44, Drake 7by 37 points

Coach against coach

YearsDrakeSeriesOklahoma
1923–⁠1926Ossie Solem2–⁠2Bennie Owen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Drake’s side (Solem 2–⁠2 against Owen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Oklahoma, 1920 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Topeka state journal's story of the 1920 game: OKLAHOMA LEADS IN VALLEY C1incIes Claim to Conference Title by Defeating Drake, Al to Z.

    1920 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 26, 1920

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story of the 1923 game: BIC UPSETS MARK THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL BATTLES

    1923 · Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., Dec 1, 1923

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 16, 1926Oklahoma 11, Drake 0at Drake
Oct 17, 1925Oklahoma 7, Drake 0at Oklahoma
Oct 25, 1924Drake 28, Oklahoma 0at Drake
Nov 29, 1923Drake 26, Oklahoma 20at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 1920Oklahoma 44, Drake 7at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.