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1947 Drake

1–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠3 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Al Kawal.

Schedule and results

Drake in 1947, game by game: lost vs. UTEP 7–19; lost vs. Colorado State 19–23; lost at Tulsa 14–28; lost at Wichita State 13–21; lost at Saint Louis 12–41; won vs. Oklahoma State 13–9; tied vs. Northern Iowa 6–6; lost vs. Iowa State 6–36; lost at New Mexico 7–8+7−30Lost 7–19 vs. UTEP-12UTEPLost 19–23 vs. Colorado State-4Colorado StateLost 14–28 at Tulsa-14TulsaLost 13–21 at Wichita State-8Wichita StateLost 12–41 at Saint Louis-29Saint LouisWon 13–9 vs. Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateTied 6–6 vs. Northern Iowa0Northern IowaLost 6–36 vs. Iowa State-30Iowa StateLost 7–8 at New Mexico-1New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsUTEPL 7–⁠1952%
Sep 27vsColorado StateL 19–⁠2356%
Oct 4atTulsaL 14–⁠2811%
Oct 11atWichita StateL 13–⁠2130%
Oct 18atSaint LouisL 12–⁠4127%
Oct 25vsOklahoma StateW 13–⁠932%
Nov 1vsNorthern IowaT 6–⁠678%
Nov 8vsIowa StateL 6–⁠3656%
Nov 15atNew MexicoL 7–⁠825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 8–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3 4th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
97–⁠191
Coach
Al Kawal
Elo
1260 −105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.2 No. 114 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1947 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulsa3–⁠05–⁠5
Wichita State2–⁠17–⁠4
Saint Louis1–⁠14–⁠6
Drake1–⁠31–⁠7–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠23–⁠7

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