Drake vs. Temple
Drake and Temple have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1929; Temple leads the series 8–1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Temple 8–1, and Temple has won the last 7. Share
- Drake wins
- 1
- Temple wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1929
- Longest streak
- 7 Temple
- Current streak
- 7 Temple
- Last 10 meetings
- Temple 8–1
- Most recent
- 1979
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 21.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Drake
- 0–3 Drake’s record at home
- At Temple
- 5–1 Temple’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Drake’s biggest win1930: Drake 49, Temple 20by 29 points
- Temple’s biggest win1977: Temple 42, Drake 0by 42 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Drake | Series | Temple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–1976 | Jack Wallace | 0–3 | Wayne Hardin |
| 1977–1979 | Chuck Shelton | 0–3 | Wayne Hardin |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Drake’s side (Wallace 0–3 against Hardin). 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
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 15, 1979 | Temple 43, Drake 21 | at Temple | ||
| Sep 16, 1978 | Temple 36, Drake 29 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 17, 1977 | Temple 42, Drake 0 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 6, 1976 | Temple 31, Drake 7 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 22, 1975 | Temple 44, Drake 7 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 17, 1973 | Temple 35, Drake 10 | at Drake | ||
| Nov 4, 1933 | Temple 20, Drake 14 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 29, 1930 | Drake 49, Temple 20 | at Temple | ||
| Nov 23, 1929 | Temple 16, Drake 14 | at Temple |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

