History Programs Drake vs. Wichita State Drake vs. Wichita State WS Drake and Wichita State first met in 1944 and have played 35 times; Wichita State leads the series 25–10. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wichita State 7–3, and Wichita State has won the last 4. Share
Drake wins 10
Wichita State wins 25
Ties 0
Longest streak 10 Wichita State
Current streak 4 Wichita State
Last 10 meetings Wichita State 7–3
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1940s 1–5 1950s 1–9 1960s 3–3 1970s 3–4 1980s 2–4
Average margin 15.2 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Drake 5–9 Drake’s record at home
At Wichita State 16–5 Wichita State’s record at home
Shutouts 3 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Drake and Wichita State, 1944 on 1300 1500 1700 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 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.
Every game Oct 19, 1985 Wichita State 24, Drake 21 at Wichita State Oct 27, 1984 Wichita State 23, Drake 6 at Drake Oct 1, 1983 Wichita State 43, Drake 0 at Wichita State Nov 6, 1982 Wichita State 38, Drake 29 at Drake Oct 10, 1981 Drake 24, Wichita State 23 at Wichita State Nov 1, 1980 Drake 38, Wichita State 15 at Drake Oct 20, 1979 Wichita State 24, Drake 17 at Wichita State Oct 7, 1978 Drake 48, Wichita State 22 at Drake Oct 22, 1977 Wichita State 47, Drake 17 at Wichita State Oct 16, 1976 Wichita State 33, Drake 23 at Wichita State Nov 15, 1975 Drake 27, Wichita State 23 at Drake Nov 2, 1974 Wichita State 23, Drake 14 at Wichita State Nov 3, 1973 Drake 13, Wichita State 10 at Wichita State Oct 5, 1968 Drake 26, Wichita State 23 at Wichita State Sep 30, 1967 Wichita State 46, Drake 13 at Wichita State Oct 8, 1966 Drake 34, Wichita State 16 at Drake Oct 20, 1962 Drake 10, Wichita State 0 at Drake Nov 11, 1961 Wichita State 26, Drake 13 at Wichita State Nov 11, 1960 Wichita State 32, Drake 7 at Drake Nov 14, 1959 Wichita State 20, Drake 7 at Wichita State Nov 15, 1958 Wichita State 32, Drake 8 at Drake Nov 9, 1957 Wichita State 14, Drake 7 at Wichita State Oct 20, 1956 Wichita State 27, Drake 14 at Wichita State Nov 12, 1955 Wichita State 59, Drake 6 at Wichita State Oct 1, 1954 Wichita State 54, Drake 6 at Drake Oct 17, 1953 Wichita State 27, Drake 0 at Wichita State Nov 15, 1952 Wichita State 41, Drake 14 at Drake Nov 10, 1951 Drake 14, Wichita State 7 at Wichita State Oct 21, 1950 Wichita State 17, Drake 14 at Drake Nov 12, 1949 Drake 7, Wichita State 6 at Wichita State Oct 8, 1948 Wichita State 21, Drake 20 at Drake Oct 11, 1947 Wichita State 21, Drake 13 at Wichita State Oct 11, 1946 Wichita State 12, Drake 6 at Drake Nov 22, 1945 Wichita State 19, Drake 13 at Wichita State Nov 25, 1944 Wichita State 13, Drake 12 at Wichita State
Every game is listed as played on the field.
