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Drake vs. Simpson (IA)

Drake and Simpson (IA) first met in 1900 and have played 25 times; Drake leads the series 21–⁠2–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Drake 9–⁠0, and Drake has won the last 2.

Drake wins
21
Simpson (IA) wins
2
Ties
2
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
9 Drake
Current streak
2 Drake
Last 10 meetings
Drake 9–⁠0
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠2
1910s7–⁠0–⁠1
1920s4–⁠0
1930s5–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
24.4 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake
20–⁠0–⁠1 Drake’s record at home
At Simpson (IA)
2–⁠1–⁠1 Simpson (IA)‘s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Drake’s biggest win1905: Drake 75, Simpson (IA) 0by 75 points
  2. Simpson (IA)‘s biggest win1901: Simpson (IA) 10, Drake 5by 5 points
  3. Upset1901: Simpson (IA) 10, Drake 5Simpson (IA) had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1902: Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 5Simpson (IA) had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Simpson (IA), 1900 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Evening times-Republican's story of the 1900 game

    1900 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov 3, 1900

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1901 game: EXPECTS CLOSE GAME. Simpson Iowa Contest on the Gridiron This Afternoon-Simpson Boys Pro- fess Confidence in Ability to Defeat Scarlet and Black.

    1901 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov 8, 1901

  • The Evening times-Republican's story of the 1903 game: Saturdays Contests More Even Than Those of Previous Games This Season THE lowA-NEsRAskA GAME It Was the Most Important of Those Played in State and university's Showing Was Fairly satisfactory Michie an Minnesota Game Leaves Championship Undecided. Ry R. A. Cook.

    1903 · Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov 3, 1903

  • The University Missourian's story of the 1909 game: DRAKE DEFEATED SIMPSON, 1910 Dcs Moines Team Will PI' insfigers Recc Nov. 10. .din,

    1909 · University Missourian, Columbia, Mo., Oct 26, 1909

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1910 game: Saturdays Football Scores SATURDAY., asst

    1910 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 31, 1910

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

Sep 26, 1936Drake 52, Simpson (IA) 6at Drake
Oct 5, 1935Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 12at Drake
Sep 22, 1934Drake 6, Simpson (IA) 6at Drake
Sep 23, 1933Drake 14, Simpson (IA) 7at Drake
Oct 1, 1932Drake 31, Simpson (IA) 9at Drake
Oct 3, 1931Drake 26, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Sep 28, 1929Drake 39, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 6, 1928Drake 40, Simpson (IA) 6at Drake
Oct 1, 1927Drake 20, Simpson (IA) 6at Drake
Oct 2, 1920Drake 66, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 18, 1919Drake 12, Simpson (IA) 10at Drake
Nov 16, 1918Drake 13, Simpson (IA) 6at Drake
Nov 10, 1917Simpson (IA) 7, Drake 7at Simpson (IA)
Nov 11, 1916Drake 32, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 23, 1915Drake 45, Simpson (IA) 3at Drake
Oct 26, 1912Drake 28, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Nov 4, 1911Drake 33, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 29, 1910Drake 3, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Oct 23, 1909Drake 16, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Nov 4, 1905Drake 75, Simpson (IA) 0at Drake
Nov 12, 1904Drake 46, Simpson (IA) 5at Drake
Oct 31, 1903Drake 45, Simpson (IA) 2at Drake
Oct 25, 1902Simpson (IA) 6, Drake 5at Simpson (IA)
Nov 2, 1901Simpson (IA) 10, Drake 5at Simpson (IA)
Nov 3, 1900Drake 6, Simpson (IA) 5at Simpson (IA)

Every game is listed as played on the field.