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1925 Drake

5–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Ossie Solem.

Schedule and results

Drake in 1925, game by game: won at Washington St. Louis 5–0; won vs. Kansas State 19–0; lost at Oklahoma 0–7; won at Grinnell 7–6; won at Kansas 7–0; won vs. Nebraska 14–0; lost vs. Iowa State 6–7; lost at SMU 6–21+19−15Won 5–0 at Washington St. Louis+5Washington St. …Won 19–0 vs. Kansas State+19Kansas StateLost 0–7 at Oklahoma-7OklahomaWon 7–6 at Grinnell+1GrinnellWon 7–0 at Kansas+7KansasWon 14–0 vs. Nebraska+14NebraskaLost 6–7 vs. Iowa State-1Iowa StateLost 6–21 at SMU-15SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3atWashington St. LouisW 5–⁠062%
Oct 10vsKansas StateW 19–⁠065%
Oct 17atOklahomaL 0–⁠762%
Oct 24atGrinnellW 7–⁠665%
Oct 31atKansasW 7–⁠055%
Nov 7vsNebraskaW 14–⁠049%
Nov 21vsIowa StateL 6–⁠770%
Nov 26atSMUL 6–⁠2152%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to SMU 21–⁠6; 2nd in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
64–⁠41
Coach
Ossie Solem
Elo
1559 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.0 No. 27 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Missouri Valley

2 first team

First team

  • Ted SloaneEAP-1
  • Glen SpearRBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Drake5–⁠25–⁠3
Kansas State3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠2
Grinnell2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Washington St. Louis1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.