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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Drake’s biggest win1924: Drake 28, Oklahoma 0by 28 points
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1920: Oklahoma 44, Drake 7by 37 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Drake | Series | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1926 | Ossie Solem | 2–2 | Bennie 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
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

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

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, 1926 | Oklahoma 11, Drake 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 17, 1925 | Oklahoma 7, Drake 0 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 25, 1924 | Drake 28, Oklahoma 0 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 29, 1923 | Drake 26, Oklahoma 20 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Nov 25, 1920 | Oklahoma 44, Drake 7 | at Oklahoma |
Every game is listed as played on the field.