1971 Drake Bulldogs football team

1971 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record7–4 (2–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
1971 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Memphis State $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Louisville 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Tulsa 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
North Texas State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Drake 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Wichita State 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
New Mexico State * 0 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – New Mexico State was ineligible for conference play, but its games against Drake, North Texas State, West Texas State, and Wichita State counted in the conference standings for its opponents. Drake's game against Tampa, Memphis State's games against Cincinnati and Southern Miss, and Tulsa's games against BYU and Virginia Tech were also designated as conference games.

The 1971 Drake Bulldogs football team represented the Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Jack Wallace in his seventh season as head coach, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished fifth in the MVC. Drake played home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at New Mexico State
L 3–713,241[1]
September 18Abilene Christian*
W 34–1711,500[2]
September 252:00 p.m.Louisville
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 10–712,300[3]
October 2at Northern Arizona*
W 38–134,475[4]
October 9Northern Iowa*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA (rivalry)
W 28–013,000[5]
October 16No. 8 Tampa[n 1]
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 2–3615,200[7]
October 23South Dakota*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 49–76,800[8]
October 302:00 p.m.at North Texas State
L 12–2112,350[9]
November 6at Southern Illinois*
L 32–349,500[10]
November 13at Indiana State*
W 27–158,746[11]
November 208:00 p.m.at West Texas State
W 32–286,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Notes

  1. ^ Designated conference game[6]

References

  1. ^ "7–3 loss for Drake". The Sioux City Journal. September 12, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Drake rallies; Passes click for Redmond in 34–17 rout". The Des Moines Register. September 19, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U of L too late with TD drive, streak ends at 9". The Courier-Journal. September 26, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Passing attack paces Bulldogs 38–13". Waterloo Sunday Courier. October 3, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Drake gets revenge". The Des Moines Register. October 10, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Valley Has 'New Look'". Denton Record-Chronicle. Associated Press. September 16, 1971. p. 14C. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Swarming Spartans bash Drake". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 17, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drake offense rebounds, and how, 49–7!". The Des Moines Register. October 24, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Little goes right - 21–12 Drake 'gift' to North Texas". The Des Moines Register. October 31, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Drake drops 34–32 battle". The Sioux City Journal. November 7, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "I-State stumbles in finale". Evansville Courier & Press. November 14, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "7–4 season for Drake". Sioux City Journal. November 21, 1971. Retrieved September 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1971 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  14. ^ "Schedule/Results (1971 Drake)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
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