Drake vs. Oklahoma State

Drake and Oklahoma State have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1929; Oklahoma State leads the series 7–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma State 7–⁠2.

Drake wins
2
Oklahoma State wins
7
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1929
Longest streak
5 Oklahoma State
Current streak
1 Oklahoma State
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma State 7–⁠2
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1930s0–⁠3
1940s1–⁠3
1950s0–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
20 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake
2–⁠2–⁠1 Drake’s record at home
At Oklahoma State
5–⁠0 Oklahoma State’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 win1929: Drake 18, Oklahoma State 6by 12 points
  2. Oklahoma State’s biggest win1946: Oklahoma State 59, Drake 7by 52 points
  3. Upset1947: Drake 13, Oklahoma State 9Drake had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Oklahoma State, 1929 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story of the 1933 game: SAYS DECISIVE Trays AHEAD Three Sectional Titles May be Outcome of Satur- days Contests

    1933 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Nov 15, 1933

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Miami Rallies 10 Beat vilIanova;; Drake Ties Oklahoma Aggies

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 1950

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 20, 1951Oklahoma State 27, Drake 14at Oklahoma State
Oct 7, 1950Drake 14, Oklahoma State 14at Drake
Oct 15, 1949Oklahoma State 28, Drake 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 25, 1947Drake 13, Oklahoma State 9at Drake
Nov 23, 1946Oklahoma State 59, Drake 7at Oklahoma State
Nov 21, 1942Oklahoma State 55, Drake 12at Oklahoma State
Oct 6, 1934Oklahoma State 7, Drake 0at Drake
Nov 11, 1933Oklahoma State 21, Drake 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 8, 1932Oklahoma State 27, Drake 7at Drake
Oct 5, 1929Drake 18, Oklahoma State 6at Drake

Every game is listed as played on the field.